Mental undoing of actions and inactions in the absence of counterfactuals

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Avni Babad, Dinah ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042420862     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712603321661895     Document Type: Review

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