The development of regret

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-127

  O'Connor, Eimear ^a   McCormack, Teresa ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactual reasoning; Decision making; Emotion; Reasoning; Regret; Relief

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD;

EID: 80053385098     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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