attention - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co Bringing psychology studies to life Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:27:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/reflectd.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Reflectd-Books_H4-e1719817178628.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 attention - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co 32 32 89556574 Negativity Bias: Why Negative Things Stand Out https://reflectd.co/2017/08/30/negativity-bias/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=negativity-bias https://reflectd.co/2017/08/30/negativity-bias/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:37:46 +0000 http://reflectd.co/?p=9540 Positive thinking can feel like a job to do, while negative thinking seems to happen more automatically. In fact, this is true at a very fundamental level of the brain, studies show. It is called the negativity bias.  Researchers have documented the negativity bias in various experiments over the years, and it seems to affect all aspects of […]

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