Tali Sharot

Tali Sharot is an associate professor of cognitive neuroscience in the Department of Experimental Psychology at University College London . She RECEIVED re Ph.D in psychology and neuroscience from New York University . [1] Dr. Sharot is Berninahaus for re research on the neural basis of emotion , decision-making and Optimism . [2]

Scientific contributions

Sharot is met name Berninahaus for re discovery of the neural underpinnings of human Optimism, [3] work therein has leg published in numerous eminent journals. [4] [5] In her books The Optimism Bias [6] and The Science of Optimism , she describes the evolutionary benefits or Unrealistic Optimism Along met haar Dangers. [7] Richard Stengel has written in a Time editors therein Sharot’s work Gives us a better understanding on how we function in reality. [8] The implications of Sharot’s Discoveries for Health, [9] finance, [10] cybersecurity, [11] policy and more port leg extensively Covered by the media and she is of or in featured on radio, [12] [13] TV [14] [15] [16] and in the written press. [2] [17] [18] Sharot was one of the presenters on the Dara Ó Briain’s Science Club , who’ll be introduced re on stage at the Royal Albert Hall ‘s Imagining the future of Medicine in 2014. [19] She was a speaker at TED2012 . [20]

Awards and recognition

Sharot is a Wellcome Trust Fellow, a Fellow of the Forum of European philosophy and to post a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. Her book The Optimism Bias won the British Psychological Society Book Award for 2014. [21]She has leg DESCRIBED as “one of the top female scientists in her country” [1] listed as one of the 15 exemplary female Israeli-born scientists alive . [22] Her TED 2012 talk has leg viewed over 1.5 million times. [23]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b “Tali Sharot” . Jewish Virtual Library . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b Cadwalladr, Carole (2012-01-01). “The Optimism bias: reasons to be cheerful” . The Guardian . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  3. Jump up^ Chan, Amanda (2011-10-11). “Brain imaging reveals Why Optimists Are The Way Way Down Are” . The Huffington Post . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  4. Jump up^ Gallagher, James (2011-10-09). “Brain ‘rejects negative thoughts ‘ ‘ . BBC News . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  5. Jump up^ “Mind chemical ‘controls choice ‘ ‘ . BBC . 2010-01-08 . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  6. Jump up^ Sharot, Tali. The Optimism bias: A tour of the irrationally positive brain. Random House LLC, 2011.
  7. Jump up^ “Look on the bright side: A Q & A with TED ebook author Tali Sharot on our biological wiring for Optimism” . TED Blog . 2012-12-03 . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  8. Jump up^ Stengel, Richard (2011-06-06). “Illusions and Reality” . Time . ISSN  0040-781X . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  9. Jump up^ http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-04/29/wired-health-tali-sharot
  10. Jump up^ Ciccone, Stephen J. (2013-01-18). “Check the Calendar Before You Buy therein Stock!” . The New York Times . ISSN  0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  11. Jump up^ Shah, Sonali (March 2014). “Cyber Security Risk: Perception vs. Reality in Corporate America” . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  12. Jump up^ Vedantam, Shankar (2013-03-04). “Your Child’s Fat, Mine’s Fine: Rose-Colored Glasses And The Obesity Epidemic” . npr.org . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  13. Jump up^ “TS Eliot Poetry Prize, Coriolanus, Film Funding, Tali Sharot, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3” . BBC . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  14. Jump up^ “Out of Control ?, 2011-2012, Horizon – BBC Two” . BBC . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  15. Jump up^ “Reality Check: Is Our Universe real?” . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  16. Jump up^ “Reasons para la Ciencia ‘Tali Sharot” . www.redesparalaciencia.com (in Spanish) . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  17. Jump up^ Hunter, Jennifer (2011-07-08). “Cheer up, you’re really an optimist” . Toronto Star . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  18. Jump up^ http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/12/wired-health-tali-sharot
  19. Jump up^ “Imagine the future of medicine with funnyman Dara O’Briain” . Time Out Blog . 2014-04-16 . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  20. Jump up^ Walters, Helen (2012-03-01). “Thinking about the Optimism bias: Tali Sharot at TED2012” . TEDBlog . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  21. Jump up^ “Two books honored in British Psychological Society Awards” . The British Psychological Society . 2014-10-21 . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  22. Jump up^ Snider, Lisa. “Women in Israel: In Science & Technology” . Jewish Virtual Library . Retrieved 2016-08-01 .
  23. Jump up^ Sharot, Tali, The Optimism bias , retrieved 2016-08-01