Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking.

Across five experiments (N = 1,714), we test whether people engage in wishful thinking to alleviate anxiety about adverse future outcomes. Participants perform pattern recognition tasks in which some patterns may result in an electric shock or a monetary loss. Diagnostic of wishful thinking, partici...

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Publicado en:	American Economic Review Vol. 114; no. 4; pp. 926 - 961
Autores principales:	ENGELMANN, JAN B., LEBRETON, MAËL, SALEM-GARCIA, NAHUEL A., SCHWARDMANN, PETER, VAN DER WEELE, JOËL J.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Economic Association Apr2024
Materias:	Recognition (Psychology) Anxiety Emotions Pattern perception Electric shock
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