Although regret is assumed to facilitate good decision making, there is little research directly
addressing this assumption. Four experiments (N= 326) examined the relation between …

Regret is a common emotion that has important links with decision-making in adults. Recent
research suggests that the ability to experience regret emerges relatively late in …

In line with the claim that regret plays a role in decision making, O'Connor, McCormack, and
Feeney (Child Development, 85 (2014) 1995–2010) found that children who reported …

Although recent studies have established that children experience regret from around 6
years, we do not yet know when the ability to anticipate this emotion emerges, despite the …

Previous research found that children first experience regret at 5 years and relief at 7. In two
experiments, we explored three possibilities for this lag:(1) relief genuinely develops later …

In two experiments, 4-to 9-year-olds played a game in which they selected one of two boxes
to win a prize. On regret trials the unchosen box contained a better prize than the prize …

The anticipation of regret and disappointment plays an important role in decision making by
adults. The anticipation of regret may also lead to a desire to avoid feedback about likely …

The experience of regret rests on a counterfactual analysis of events. Previous research
indicates that regret emerges at around 6years of age, marginally later than the age at which …

Although a number of studies have examined the developmental emergence of
counterfactual emotions of regret and relief, none of these has used tasks that resemble …

The emotions of regret and relief are mediated by the counterfactual comparison between
the obtained and foregone outcomes of our decisions. Regret is strongly associated with a …