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How thinking about what could have been affects how we feel about what was

Felipe De BrigardDepartment of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Eleanor HannaCenter for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA;Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Peggy L. St JacquesSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-4588View further author information
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Daniel L. SchacterCenter for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA;Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2460-6061View further author information
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Pages 646-659 | Received 27 Sep 2017, Accepted 12 May 2018, Published online: 01 Jun 2018

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Phot Dhammapeera, Chloe Brunskill, Robin Hellerstedt & Zara M. Bergström. (2024) Counterfactual imagination impairs memory for true actions: EEG and behavioural evidence. Cognitive Neuroscience 15:1, pages 12-23.
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Shenyang Huang, Leonard Faul, Natasha Parikh, Kevin S. LaBar & Felipe De Brigard. (2024) Counterfactual thinking induces different neural patterns of memory modification in anxious individuals. Scientific Reports 14:1.
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Zan Liu. (2024) The asymmetric impact of decision-making confidence on regret and relief. Frontiers in Psychology 15.
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Tamar Kushnir. (2022) Imagination and social cognition in childhood. WIREs Cognitive Science 13:4.
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Natasha Parikh, Felipe De Brigard & Kevin S. LaBar. (2022) The Efficacy of Downward Counterfactual Thinking for Regulating Emotional Memories in Anxious Individuals. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
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Maarten C. Eisma, Kai Epstude, Henk A.W. Schut, Margaret S. Stroebe, Adriana Simion & Paul A. Boelen. (2021) Upward and Downward Counterfactual Thought After Loss: A Multiwave Controlled Longitudinal Study. Behavior Therapy 52:3, pages 577-593.
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Leonard Faul, Peggy L. St. Jacques, Jacqueline T. DeRosa, Natasha Parikh & Felipe De Brigard. (2020) Differential contribution of anterior and posterior midline regions during mental simulation of counterfactual and perspective shifts in autobiographical memories. NeuroImage 215, pages 116843.
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Felipe De Brigard & Natasha Parikh. (2018) Episodic Counterfactual Thinking. Current Directions in Psychological Science 28:1, pages 59-66.
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Bryce Huebner. (2018) Picturing, signifying, and attending. Belgrade Philosophical Annual:31, pages 7-40.
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