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Why do we read the bad news first and (only) the good news afterwards?

2023-06-25 19:22:34Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Why do we read the bad news first and (only) the good news afterwards?
Why do we read the bad news first and (only) the good news afterwards?

When we read news in the newspaper or on the Internet, we are less attracted to good news, writes focus.it.

On the contrary, we are naturally inclined to read bad news, such as that of natural disasters, crimes or accidents, according to a study conducted at Canada's McGill University, in which researchers used eye-tracking technology to study which articles were the most sensitive to people.

This selective attention was shown in all the volunteers involved by the researchers who examined the choices of readers from 17 different countries, located on all continents.

But that's not enough: what we read and see on TV, on the other hand, can increase our negative biases.

For example, many people fear terrorism even though "the number of people killed by armed groups of this type in the last 20 years in the United States is less than the number of Americans who died in domestic accidents," they point out. social psychologists John Tierney and Roy Baumeister.

After all, focusing on the problems first rather than the good news has many advantages, such as avoiding further losses, for example.

But according to Baumeister, it takes at least four positive news stories to make us forget just one negative one.


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