Stress has the reverse effect on how people weigh pros and cons than most people expect.
Feeling stressed changes the way people balance risk against reward, psychologists have found.
Surprisingly, being under stress makes people focus on the positive more than they would otherwise.
Professor Mara Mather, who co-authored the research, said:
“This is sort of not what people would think right off the bat.
Stress is usually associated with negative experiences, so you’d think, maybe I’m going to be more focused on the negative outcomes.
In fact, Professor Mather explained, the reverse is true:
“Stress seems to help people learn from positive feedback and impairs their learning from negative feedback.”
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