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Optimism as a Prior Belief about the Probability of Future Reward

Optimists hold positive a priori beliefs about the future. In Bayesian statistical theory, a priori beliefs can be overcome by experience. However, optimistic beliefs can at times appear surprisingly resistant to evidence, suggesting that optimism might also influence how new information is selected...

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Autores principales: Stankevicius, Aistis, Huys, Quentin J. M., Kalra, Aditi, Seriès, Peggy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24853098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003605