Tali Sharot on optimism
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It is estimated that 80 per cent of the population are
optimists. But how do we maintain a positive outlook in the face of
reality? At the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Tali Sharot
is teasing apart the neurological basis of optimism. She talks to
the Wellcome Trust's Hugh Blackbourn about how a sunny disposition
may be the key to our evolutionary success.
During the discussion, Dr Sharot referred to two images of the
brain. These are reproduced below:
