Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Surprise! You're more optimistic than you think.
PBS Digital Studios is grateful to Bill and Melinda Gates for their support. If you’d like to take a look at the 2018 Annual Letter, you can check it out here: b-gat.es/2Cfph0j
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BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
This episode//
Written by Bahar Gholipour
Produced, Edited and Hosted by Vanessa Hill
Filming by Dominique Taylor
Animations by Jade Tan-Holmes
REFERENCES 📚
Sharot, T. (2011). The optimism bias. Current biology, 21(23), R941-R945. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912
Strunk, D. R., Lopez, H., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Depressive symptoms are associated with unrealistic negative predictions of future life events. Behaviour research and therapy, 44(6), 861-882. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796705001476
Sharot, T., Korn, C. W., & Dolan, R. J. (2011). How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality. Nature neuroscience, 14(11), 1475. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204264
Odds of dying: nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts-chart.aspx and driveithome.org/201801-andy-pilgrim-distracted-driving
Surprise! You're more optimistic than you think.
PBS Digital Studios is grateful to Bill and Melinda Gates for their support. If you’d like to take a look at the 2018 Annual Letter, you can check it out here: b-gat.es/2Cfph0j
ORDER BRAINCRAFT MERCH! 🧠store.dftba.com/collections/braincraft
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 ow.ly/rt5IE
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
This episode//
Written by Bahar Gholipour
Produced, Edited and Hosted by Vanessa Hill
Filming by Dominique Taylor
Animations by Jade Tan-Holmes
REFERENCES 📚
Sharot, T. (2011). The optimism bias. Current biology, 21(23), R941-R945. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912
Strunk, D. R., Lopez, H., & DeRubeis, R. J. (2006). Depressive symptoms are associated with unrealistic negative predictions of future life events. Behaviour research and therapy, 44(6), 861-882. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796705001476
Sharot, T., Korn, C. W., & Dolan, R. J. (2011). How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality. Nature neuroscience, 14(11), 1475. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204264
Odds of dying: nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts-chart.aspx and driveithome.org/201801-andy-pilgrim-distracted-driving
