Sharot, Tali

The optimism bias

Sharot, T. (2011) · Current Biology

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 1,187

How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality

Sharot, T., Korn, C. W., & Dolan, R. J. (2011) · Nature Neuroscience

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 729

Neural mechanisms mediating optimism bias

Sharot, T., Riccardi, A. M., Raio, C. M., & Phelps, E. A. (2007) · Nature

Optimism, Hope, and Well-beingNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 659

How arousal modulates memory: disentangling the effects of attention and retention

Sharot, T., & Phelps, E. A. (2004) · Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 375

Forming beliefs: Why valence matters

Sharot, T., & Garrett, N. (2016) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsCognitive Science and Education Research

Cited by 345

Depression is related to an absence of optimistically biased belief updating about future life events

Korn, C. W., Sharot, T., Walter, H., Heekeren, H. R., & Dolan, R. J. (2014) · Psychological Medicine

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 334

How human–AI feedback loops alter human perceptual, emotional and social judgements

Glickman, M., & Sharot, T. (2024) · Nature Human Behaviour

Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Robot Interaction and HRI

Cited by 289

How (and Why) Emotion Enhances the Subjective Sense of Recollection

Phelps, E. A., & Sharot, T. (2008) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 236

How personal experience modulates the neural circuitry of memories of September 11

Sharot, T., Martorella, E. A., Delgado, M. R., & Phelps, E. A. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Memory Processes and InfluencesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 200

Confirmation bias in the utilization of others’ opinion strength

Kappes, A., Harvey, A. H., Lohrenz, T., Montague, P. R., & Sharot, T. (2020) · Nature Neuroscience

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 186

The brain adapts to dishonesty

Garrett, N., Lazzaro, S. C., Ariely, D., & Sharot, T. (2016) · Nature Neuroscience

Deception detection and forensic psychologyNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 180

Losing the rose tinted glasses: neural substrates of unbiased belief updating in depression

Garrett, N., Sharot, T., Faulkner, P., Korn, C. W., Roiser, J. P., & Dolan, R. J. (2014) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 174

Optimistic update bias holds firm: three tests of robustness following Shah et al

Garrett, N., & Sharot, T. (2017) · Consciousness and Cognition

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 123

Human development of the ability to learn from bad news

Moutsiana, C., Garrett, N., Clarke, R. C., Lotto, R. B., Blakemore, S.-J., & Sharot, T. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 119

Social information is integrated into value and confidence judgments according to its reliability

De Martino, B., Bobadilla-Suarez, S., Nouguchi, T., Sharot, T., & Love, B. C. (2017) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 118

Updating beliefs under perceived threat

Garrett, N., González-Garzón, A. M., Foulkes, L., Levita, L., & Sharot, T. (2018) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 109

The illusory truth effect leads to the spread of misinformation

Vellani, V., Zheng, S., Ercelik, D., & Sharot, T. (2023) · Cognition

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDeception detection and forensic psychology

Cited by 83