How Partisanship Affects Counterfactual Thinking
The Horizons Tracker
MAY 28, 2023
Many of us can recount “sliding door” moments where our lives may have taken a very different path if we had chosen other options. These are examples of what are known as “counterfactual thinking”, and research from Kellogg outlines that such thinking can go beyond our personal and professional lives. The researchers explored how counterfactual thinking operates politically and asked participants what they thought would happen to the world if politicians behaved different
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