Negativity bias
Subject in Mental Health
Negativity bias has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Andrew HubermanAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
Huberman recounts Larry Squire telling him that displaying photographs of good times benefits adult memory and cues positive emotional states.
“having photographs on your wall of times that were really good is very good for your adult memory. And it cues up emotional states for you”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:44:05
Paul ContiPsychiatrist quoted on psilocybin and the unconscious mind
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
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
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?