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The Optimism Bias audiobook
- By: Tali Sharot
- Narrator: Susan Denaker
- Category: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science
- Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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The Optimism Bias Audiobook Summary
From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives.
Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali Sharot’s experiments, research, and findings in cognitive science have contributed to an increased understanding of the biological basis of optimism. In this fascinating exploration, she takes an in-depth, clarifying look at how the brain generates hope and what happens when it fails; how the brains of optimists and pessimists differ; why we are terrible at predicting what will make us happy; how emotions strengthen our ability to recollect; how anticipation and dread affect us; and how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional, and emotional decisions.
With its cutting-edge science and its wide-ranging and accessible narrative, The Optimism Bias provides us with startling new insight into the workings of the brain.
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The Optimism Bias Audiobook Narrator
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About the Author(s) of The Optimism Bias
Tali Sharot is the author of The Optimism Bias
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The Optimism Bias Full Details
| Narrator | Susan Denaker |
| Length | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Author | Tali Sharot |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 30, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780307917782 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Optimism Bias is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: science, sociology, education, making, business, cognition, email, nature, decision, health, philosophy, book, critical, neuroplasticity, aging, gifts, personality, optimism, self, development, ethics, social, improvement, behavioral, economics, thinking, emotions, stress, human, bias, cognitive, mom, popular, spirituality, psychology, personal, help, perception, for, mental, growth, behavior, evolutionary, caregiver, dementia, cognitive bias, tali sharot, neuroscience, happiness, motivation, psychology books, positive psychology, self help books, Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Psychology, NeuroPsychology, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology The BISAC Subject Code is Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science
Additional info
The publisher of the The Optimism Bias is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780307917782.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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