Children are full of optimism, but those rose-tinted glasses are fading: reduced learning from negative outcomes drives hyperoptimism in children.
Johanna Habicht, Aislinn Bowler, Madeleine E. Moses-Payne, Tobias U. Hauser
The paper shows children exhibit greater optimism bias than adolescents, driven by reduced learning from negative outcomes.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General · Dec 30, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience