What Paul Conti has said about Negativity bias
1 quote · 1 episode · May 4, 2026
Paul Conti, Psychiatrist quoted on psilocybin and the unconscious mind, has been quoted on Negativity bias once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on May 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Conti says people do not reflect on good past experiences often enough and that doing so empowers rather than breeds complacency.
“We tend to have a bias in us towards the negative and we don't stop and think, hey, you know, I did that really well”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:42:35
Episodes
Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul ContiHuberman Lab · May 4, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Paul Conti discuss self-reflection, agency, behavior change, trauma, intrusive thoughts, and happiness, drawing on Conti's book What's Going Right?
Others on Negativity bias
- Andrew Huberman · 1 quote
Paul Conti on other topics
- Behavior change and agency · 3 quotes
- Self-reflection and introspection · 2 quotes
- What's Going Right? (book) · 2 quotes
- Happiness · 1 quote
- Good and evil in religion · 1 quote
- Childhood trauma · 1 quote
- Intrusive thoughts · 1 quote
- Self-talk · 1 quote