Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)
b'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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