Gain and Loss in Optimistic Versus Pessimistic Brains
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 06:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Our belief as to whether we will likely succeed or fail at a given task -- and the consequences of winning or losing -- directly affects the levels of neural effort put forth in movement-planning circuits in the human cortex, according to a new brain-imaging study by neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology.