News Finding: "This finding demonstrates that humans are not unique in combining longer-term personality biases with shorter-term mood biases in judging stimuli," the researchers wrote on their paper.
Paper Finding: Importantly, this finding demonstrates that humans are not unique in combining longer-term personality biases with shorterterm mood biases in judging stimuli .
News Context: As it turns out, the animal, known to be very intelligent, can be classified as glass half-full or half-empty creatures; optimism and pessimism are not exclusive to humans after all. "This finding demonstrates that humans are not unique in combining longer-term personality biases with shorter-term mood biases in judging stimuli," the researchers wrote on their paper. Proactive pigs were likely to check the middle bowl, despite the certainty of the "good outcome."
Paper Context: Those living in a worse environment were more pessimistic and those in a better environment were more optimistic. Importantly, this finding demonstrates that humans are not unique in combining longer-term personality biases with shorterterm mood biases in judging stimuli . Optimistic and pessimistic responses can both be adaptive depending on the environment , allowing appropriate responses to reward or threat signals, respectively.