We don’t like to lose things that we own. We tend to become extremely attracted to objects in our possession, and feel anxious to give them up. Ironically, the more we have, the more vulnerable we are ...

Given the choice, most of us would rather avoid a loss than reap a reward. This can help us avoid making expensive mistakes, but it can also make us risk averse and prevent us from taking advantage of ...

Loss aversion is a psychological phenomenon that refers to the tendency of people to strongly prefer avoiding losses rather than acquiring equivalent gains. In other words, the pain of losing ...

One of the more well-known behavioral biases is loss aversion. Loss aversion is a common trait people display where they feel the pain of losing money much more acutely than the pleasure from gains.

A recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server evaluates how people with anxiety respond to a gambling decision-making task. Study: Risk and Loss Aversion and Attitude to COVID and Vaccines in ...

I am loss averse. I once almost went crazy looking for a wallet that I thought I had lost. As I ransacked the closets, checking every pocket, I got increasingly anxious. Thoughts of the money in the ...