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Published online 22 March 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020318-10
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Loss hits you between the eyes
Brain's negativity-detector might be an unreliable guide.
Losing money touches part of the brain's emotion circuit behind the forehead, researchers have discovered. The area seems to be a general negativity-detector: the amount lost doesn't matter, and winning leaves it cold.
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