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Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:13:37
Publish Date: 2020-04-29 08:00:06
Description: Optimism is often thought as a disposition, something you're born with or without. So can it be learned? On today's show, Maddie talks with Alix Spiegel, co-host of NPR's Invisibilia, about "learned optimism." We'll look at what it is, the research behind it, and how it might come in handy in certain circumstances, like maybe a global pandemic?
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