Feelings not forgone: Underestimating affective reactions to what does not happen

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 706-711

  Andrade, Eduardo B ^a   van Boven, Leaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Affective forecasting; Choice; Counterfactual thoughts; Decision making; Judgment

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 77953803442     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610368809     Document Type: Article

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