{"id":222575,"date":"2025-09-27T08:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/origins-of-the-ostrich-effect-researchers-pinpoint-the-age-we-start-avoiding-information-even-when-its-helpful"},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:28:47","slug":"origins-of-the-ostrich-effect-researchers-pinpoint-the-age-we-start-avoiding-information-even-when-its-helpful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/origins-of-the-ostrich-effect-researchers-pinpoint-the-age-we-start-avoiding-information-even-when-its-helpful","title":{"rendered":"Origins of the \u2018Ostrich Effect\u2019: Researchers pinpoint the age we start avoiding information\u2014even when it\u2019s helpful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/origins-of-the-ostrich-effect-researchers-pinpoint-the-age-we-start-avoiding-information-even-when-its-helpful.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to hear what the doctor might say? It\u2019s easy not to make a follow-up appointment. Did a favorite political candidate say something you disagreed with? The evidence can disappear with a flick of a finger.<\/p>\n<p>According to psychologists, avoiding information when it\u2019s uncomfortable is a common adult behavior, often referred to as the \u201cOstrich Effect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand. Don\u2019t want to hear what the doctor might say? It\u2019s easy not to make a follow-up appointment. Did a favorite political candidate say something you disagreed with? The evidence can disappear with a flick of a finger. According [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}