How realistic do you think you are about yourself and your life? The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain argues that not only are most of us more optimistic than we should be, our ...

We’re entering our second pandemic winter, and like many people, I was hoping that pediatric vaccines would bring about a greater sense of normalcy. My husband and I are boosted, our kids have had ...

If you have made a career in educational technology then you must spend your days fighting against the "optimism bias." Work in technology long enough and you know that it is normal for our technology ...

The belief that the future will probably be much better than the past and present is known as the optimism bias, and most of us have this tendency to overestimate the likelihood of good events ...

Doctors are learning how to communicate more clearly with families about the prognosis for critically ill patients, yet even when they communicate clearly they can be frustrated that family members ...

A new study casts doubt over claims that people are ‘optimistically biased’ about the future, a tendency that is thought to contribute to financial crises, people’s failure to look after their health, ...

“The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism not a pessimism,” writes Ralph Waldo Emerson. When the Oracle off Concord made this statement, with troops on the battlefields of the Civil War, ...

Systemic therapy is often given late due to optimism bias, treatment momentum, and difficulty in end-of-life conversations, ...

Continuing my series on cognitive biases, here are two more familiar biases that we are all quite aware of from playing poker, the Pessimism Bias and the Optimism Bias. The interesting thing about ...

Should I have that second glass of wine? Is this car safer than that one? What if I don’t take the job offer – will something better come along? We take risks every day. Some are low stakes. Others ...

“The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism not a pessimism,” writes Ralph Waldo Emerson. When the Oracle of Concord made this statement, with troops on the battlefields of the Civil War, ...