Tali Sharot, Phd I have recently moved to the: Department of Cognitive Perceptual and Brain Science, UCL 26 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP, UK t.sharot (at) ucl.ac.uk Please visit my new Lab website - The Affective Brain Lab My lab is funded by the
BOOKS Sharot, T. (June, 2011). The Optimism Bias: A Tour of The Irrationally Positive Brain . Pantheon. Reviews - The Optimism Bias Click here for The Optimism Bias website Dolan, R. Sharot, T . (Nov, 2011). Neuroscience of Preference and Choice . Elsevier Publishing. ESSAYS IN POPULAR MEDIASharot, T . Major Delusions:
Why College Graduates Are Irrationally Optimistic. The New York Times .
May 15, 2011. * PDFSharot, T . The Optimism Bias. Time Magazine (Cover Story ). June
27, 2011. * PDFSharot, T . The Optimsim Bias. The Observer . Jan 1, 2012.
SELECTED PRESSOn Optimism Optimism is (still) in Forbes , July 13, 2011Illusions and reality Time, June 6, 2011Morning Links: Squid Watch The Wall Street Journal , May 31, 2011 The Human Brain: Optimism Bias Examiner , July 7, 2011Cheer up, you're really an optimist Toronto Star , July 8, 2011How do you see this glass? The Boston Globe , June 2, 2008This
is Your Brain on Optimism Newsweek , Oct 24, 2007 Brain regions responsible for optimism
located Reuters ,
Oct 24, 2007 Source of 'optimism' found in the brain NewScientist ,
Oct 24, 2007 Optimism lights up a brain part LA Times ,
Oct 29, 2007 Except in one career, our brains seem built for optimism The Wall Street Journal , Nov 9, 2007 The ups of being down The Sunday Times , July, 2009 On Decision MakingDopamine levels in brain 'influence decision making' BBC News, January, 2010Can Dopamine Make Your Future Look Brighter? Time Magazine , November, 2009Scientist identify brain regions that help us make choices The Telegraph , March 27, 2009 On MemoryReport Links 9/11 Memories to Proximity Washington Post ,
December 18, 2006 ( The Associated Press)9/11 memroies reveal how flashbulb memories are made in the brain Discover Magazine , October 14, 2008 Study Shows Experiencing Highly Emotional
Event Enhances
Feeling of Remembering But Not Accuracy of the Memory NYU Today , December 20, 2004
Thanks for the memories PsychPost , July 1, 2011