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Counterfactual Thinking

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Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge

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Abstract Mental constructions of alternatives to facts or events. These thoughts of ‘what might have been’ are linked to a variety of emotional and judgmental consequences.

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1986Norm theory: Comparing reality to its alternatives.1982The simulation heuristic 1995The experience of regret: What, when, and why.1994The functional basis of counterfactual thinking.2014What Might Have Been 1996Children's use of counterfactual thinking in causal reasoning 2000Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals 1986Counterfactual Thinking and Victim Compensation

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