Humans are better at integrating desirable information into their beliefs than undesirable information. This asymmetry poses an evolutionary puzzle, as it can lead to an underestimation of risk and thus failure to take precautionary action. Here, we suggest a mechanism that can speak to this conundrum. In particular, we show that the bias vanishes in response to perceived threat in the environment. We report that an improve- ment in participants’ tendency to incorporate bad news into their beliefs is associated with physiological arousal in response to threat indexed by galvanic skin response and self-reported anxiety. This pattern of results was observed in a controlled laboratory setting (Experiment I), where perceived threat was manipula...
Although it is an adaptive mechanism that danger usually elicits fear, it seems that fearful indivi...
Threats can derive from our physical or social surroundings and bias the way we perceive and interpr...
Social diffusion of information amplifies risk through processes of birth, death, and distortion of ...
Humans are better at integrating desirable information into their beliefs than undesirable. This asy...
Critical decisions, such as in domains ranging from medicine to finance, are often made under threat...
Humans show a natural tendency to discount bad news while incorporating good news into beliefs (the ...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2014Fear generalization is a key player in understandin...
When threatening events occur, especially in the context of human violence, rumors spread precipitou...
Critical decisions, such as in domains ranging from medicine to finance, are often made under threat...
The ability to update responding to threat cues is an important adaptive ability. Recently, Morriss ...
When integrating new information into our beliefs, an important factor is valence: whether a piece o...
Abstract Mistaken beliefs about danger posed by feared stimuli are considered a key factor causing a...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
Although it is an adaptive mechanism that danger usually elicits fear, it seems that fearful indivi...
Threats can derive from our physical or social surroundings and bias the way we perceive and interpr...
Social diffusion of information amplifies risk through processes of birth, death, and distortion of ...
Humans are better at integrating desirable information into their beliefs than undesirable. This asy...
Critical decisions, such as in domains ranging from medicine to finance, are often made under threat...
Humans show a natural tendency to discount bad news while incorporating good news into beliefs (the ...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2014Fear generalization is a key player in understandin...
When threatening events occur, especially in the context of human violence, rumors spread precipitou...
Critical decisions, such as in domains ranging from medicine to finance, are often made under threat...
The ability to update responding to threat cues is an important adaptive ability. Recently, Morriss ...
When integrating new information into our beliefs, an important factor is valence: whether a piece o...
Abstract Mistaken beliefs about danger posed by feared stimuli are considered a key factor causing a...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
A lack of behavioural engagement in health promotion or disease prevention is a problem across many ...
Although it is an adaptive mechanism that danger usually elicits fear, it seems that fearful indivi...
Threats can derive from our physical or social surroundings and bias the way we perceive and interpr...
Social diffusion of information amplifies risk through processes of birth, death, and distortion of ...