Counterfactual thoughts about experienced, observed, and narrated events

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-211

  Pighin, Stefania ^a   Byrne, Ruth M J ^b   Ferrante, Donatella ^c   Gonzalez, Michel ^d   Girotto, Vittorio ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actor observer effect; Counterfactual thinking; Observer reader effect; Role effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958013953     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2011.561598     Document Type: Article

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