Have you ever been watching or listening to the news and found yourself frustrated and depressed?  Some would suggest you should watch less, and that's an option.  The good news is, you can use some cognitive science to get your news fix while keeping yourself well.  Want to know more?  Tune in to this week's Positive Pod as we look at two research articles, one that explores our reaction to negative news, and one that explores the ways in which we can balance those reactions with the way we process that news.  Along the way, we'll take a peek at behavioral economics and the specific Positive Psychology principles we can use to keep our perspective balanced as we get informed.  Great to have you with us!

Learn more here:

Ariely, D. (2008). Predictably irrational: The hidden forces that shape our decisions. New York, NY: Harper.

Fredrickson BL, Branigan C. (2005) Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires. Cognition and Emotion. 19(3):313‐332. doi:10.1080/02699930441000238

Soroka, S., Fournier, P., & Nir, L. (2019). Cross-national evidence of a negativity bias in psychophysiological reactions to news. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(38), 18888–18892. https://doi-org.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/10.1073/pnas.1908369116