Past and future regret and missed opportunities: an experimental approach on separate evaluation and different time frames

Abstract Decisions often imply trade-offs that force people to accept missing an opportunity in the past or in the future. However, it is not fully clear whether a past miss or a future miss elicits more regret. In a direct comparison, previous research had found support for the greater impact of fu...

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Main Authors: Luisa Papé, Luis F. Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-09-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41155-017-0074-8