Loss aversion is a cognitive bias where individuals tend to strongly prefer avoiding losses over acquiring equivalent gains. This bias leads people to weigh potential losses more heavily than potential gains of the same magnitude, even when objectively, the losses and gains have the same value. Loss aversion is a key concept in behavioral economics and plays a significant role in decision-making under risk or uncertainty.

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