Is visual representation coloured by desire?

Tali Sharot ()
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Tali Sharot: University College London

Nature Human Behaviour, 2019, vol. 3, issue 9, 891-892

Abstract: People are often told they ‘view the world through rose-coloured glasses’. But do desires in fact change perceptual representations? A new study suggests people not only report observing what they wish was true, but they are also more likely to see what they wish was true.

Date: 2019
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