Negativity Bias: Why the Bad Outweighs the Good
Published on: 24/08/2025
Negativity bias is our brain’s tendency to focus more on the bad than the good — remembering criticism longer than praise, obsessing over mistakes, and letting one negative outweigh many positives.
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