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Unrealistic optimism and 'nosognosia':Illness recognition in the healthy brain [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: At the centenary of research on anosognosia, the time seems ripe to supplement work in anosognosic patients with empirical studies on nosognosia in healthy participants.
Brugger, Peter +4 more
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Does Neuroticism Disrupt the Psychological Benefits of Nostalgia? A Meta‐analytic Test
European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract Nostalgia, a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, confers self‐oriented, existential, and social benefits. We examined whether nostalgic engagement is less beneficial for individuals who are high in neuroticism (i.e. emotionally unstable and prone to negative affect).
Julius Frankenbach +4 more
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The Psychology Underlying Biased Forecasts of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the United States
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 This paper discusses the impact of a series of psychological phenomena on the U.S. response to COVID-19, focusing on forecasts of cases and deaths.
Hersh Shefrin
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The influence of cognitive factors on pathological gambling
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, 2017 The purpose of this study wasto examine the role of cognitive factors, such as superstition, locus of control, decision-making and unrealistic optimism,on gambling.Eighty-six subjects participated in this study.
Tindara Caprì +4 more
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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2022 Unrealistic Optimism in the context of COVID-19 is described as the tendency to perceive peers as being more at risk of infection. To date, however, no research has proposed more specific comparisons.
Wojciech Kulesza +4 more
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How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude [PDF]
, 2015 The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Past research suggests that individuals’ belief in a just world (BJW) is closely connected with their ...
Jiang, Feng +4 more
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Unrealistic Optimism in the Pursuit of Academic Success
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016 Although the ability to evaluate one’s own knowledge and performance is critical to learning, the correlation between students’ self-evaluation and actual performance measures is modest at best.
Rich Lewine, Alison Sommers
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The need to control for regression to the mean in social psychology studies
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 It is common in repeated measurements for extreme values at the first measurement to approach the mean at the subsequent measurement, a phenomenon called regression to the mean (RTM). If RTM is not fully controlled, it will lead to erroneous conclusions.
Rongjun eYu, Li eChen
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Correction: Unrealistic comparative optimism: An unsuccessful search for evidence of a genuinely motivational bias. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173136.].
PLOS ONE Staff
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Unrealistic Optimism: Still a Neglected Trait [PDF]
Journal of Business and Psychology, 2009 Purpose Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts.
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