Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 40 (October 4, 2022), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) People sometimes prefer groups to which they do not belong ...

Given today’s political climate, anger is evident in terms of protests, social media postings, podcasts, and the mainstream media. During such times, there appears to be an escalation of negativity ...

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The human brain processes negative information differently than positive input, explaining why one pessimistic comment can overshadow ten encouraging ones. This “negativity bias” evolved as a survival ...

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Source: Zeyad Taha/Unsplash Why does bad news often overshadow good news? Psychologists point to the negativity effect—the tendency for negative events to impact us more strongly than positive ones.