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Counterfactual-seeking: The scenic overlook of the road not taken
(2011-07-25)
Decision-makers faced with an opportunity to learn the outcome of a foregone
alternative must balance anticipated regret, should that information be unfavorable, with
the potential benefits of this information in reducing ...
Rush of regret: a longitudinal analysis of naturalistic regrets
(2011-04-07)
The current research examines immediate regrets occurring at the time of a meaningful
life outcome to better understand influences on real-life regrets. This research used a
longitudinal approach to examine both initial ...
Praise for regret: people value regret above other negative emotions
(2011-02-07)
What do people think about the emotion of regret? Recent demonstrations of the psychological
benefits of regret have been framed against an assumption that most people find regret to be
aversive, both when experienced ...
What we regret most . . . and why
(2011-02-07)
Which domains in life produce the greatest potential for regret,
and what features of those life domains explain why? Using
archival and laboratory evidence, the authors show that greater
perceived opportunity within ...
Dare to compare: fact-based versus simulation-based comparison in daily life
(2011-02-07)
We examined the relative frequency of social, counter factual, past-temporal, and future-temporal
comparison in daily life using an experience-sampling method, in which participants were
randomly prompted to record thought ...