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  • Counterfactual-seeking: The scenic overlook of the road not taken 

    Summerville, Amy (2011-07-25)
    Decision-makers faced with an opportunity to learn the outcome of a foregone alternative must balance anticipated regret, should that information be unfavorable, with the potential benefits of this information in reducing ...
  • Dare to compare: fact-based versus simulation-based comparison in daily life 

    Summerville, Amy; Roese, Neal J. (2011-02-07)
    We examined the relative frequency of social, counter factual, past-temporal, and future-temporal comparison in daily life using an experience-sampling method, in which participants were randomly prompted to record thought ...
  • Praise for regret: people value regret above other negative emotions 

    Saffrey, Colleen; Summerville, Amy; Roese, Neal J. (2011-02-07)
    What do people think about the emotion of regret? Recent demonstrations of the psychological benefits of regret have been framed against an assumption that most people find regret to be aversive, both when experienced ...
  • Rush of regret: a longitudinal analysis of naturalistic regrets 

    Summerville, Amy (2011-04-07)
    The current research examines immediate regrets occurring at the time of a meaningful life outcome to better understand influences on real-life regrets. This research used a longitudinal approach to examine both initial ...
  • What we regret most . . . and why 

    Roese, Neal J.; Summerville, Amy (2011-02-07)
    Which domains in life produce the greatest potential for regret, and what features of those life domains explain why? Using archival and laboratory evidence, the authors show that greater perceived opportunity within ...