Prediction Errors Make Us More Optimistic | Science News | Scoop.it

Increasingly, research suggests how much our worldview is shaped by the predictions made deep inside our brain, below conscious awareness. A hard-wired bias toward optimism makes some sense from an evolutionary standpoint, as being an optimistic species could theoretically make humans more willing to take chances. Regardless, the research from Korn and his team remind us yet again that our decisions may not be quite what we think they are.