Cross-national evidence of a negativity bias in psychophysiological reactions to news
Soroka, Fournier and Nir, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(38), 2019, 18888-18892. A 17-country experiment measuring psychophysiological responses to real news video found negativity biases across countries, with considerable individual variation; some people reacted more to positive news.
Soroka, Fournier and Nir, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(38), 2019, 18888-18892. A 17-country experiment measuring psychophysiological responses to real news video found negativity biases across countries, with considerable individual variation; some people reacted more to positive news.
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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, 116(38), 18888-18892. doi:10.1073/pnas.1908369116 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908369116