Spontaneous counterfactual thoughts and causal explanations

By Alice McEleney, Ruth M. J. Byrne. 2006

93 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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In Applied Psychology

1. Ruth M. J. Byrne
2. Mary Parkinson

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Ruth M. J. Byrne
2. Mary Parkinson

In General Decision Sciences

1. Shane Timmons
2. Mary Parkinson
3. Ruth M. J. Byrne
4. David R. Mandel

Citations in the corpus

• Moral hindsight for good actions and the effects of imagined alternatives to reality. (2018, background): “…it denies the causal relation between the action and its outcome, that throwing a brick over the bridge will result in a car being hit (e.g., Byrne, 2016; Lagnado, Gerstenberg, & Zultan, 2013; McEleney & Byrne, 2006; Rasga, Quelhas, & Byrne, 2016; Roese & Epstude, 2017; Walsh & Byrne, 2007).”
• Counterfactual Thinking: From Logic to Morality (2017, background): “They focus on controllable events even in their spontaneous counterfactual thoughts (e.g., McEleney & Byrne, 2006).”
• Counterfactual and semi-factual thoughts in moral judgements about failed attempts to harm (2017, background): “People rely on counterfactuals to help them to identify causes and intentions (e.g., Alicke, Mandel, Hilton, Gerstenberg, & Lagnado, 2015; McEleney & Byrne, 2006; Roese & Epstude, in press; Walsh & Byrne, 2007).”