The counterfactual mind-set: A decade of research

Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 161-174

  Wong, Elaine M ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^a   Kray, Laura J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809846-18     Document Type: Chapter

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