Counterfactual thought

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-157

  Byrne, Ruth M J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blame; Decision making; Imagination; Moral judgment; Reasoning; Regret

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; THINKING;

EID: 84949920606     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033249     Document Type: Article

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