Counterfactuals are mental representations of alternatives to the past and produce
consequences that are both beneficial and aversive to the individual. These apparently …

The hindsight bias is the tendency for people with outcome knowledge to believe falsely that
they would have predicted the reported outcome of an event. This article reviews empirical …

Designed for advanced MBA and doctoral courses in Consumer Behavior and Customer
Satisfaction, this is the definitive text on the meaning, causes, and consequences of …

A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “gripping and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

Foreseeing the future is one of the most appealing of all psychic powers. Who has not
dreamed of making millions by predicting which new offering on Wall Street will be the next …

Hindsight bias occurs when people feel that they “knew it all along,” that is, when they
believe that an event is more predictable after it becomes known than it was before it …

Human error is cited over and over as a cause of incidents and accidents. The result is a
widespread perception of a'human error problem', and solutions are thought to lie in …

We propose a model of affective adaptation, the processes whereby affective responses
weaken after one or more exposures to emotional events. Drawing on previous research …

Assessing what other people know and believe is critical for accurately understanding
human action. Young children find it difficult to reason about false beliefs (ie, beliefs that …

This exciting volume marks the birth of a new field--a field that studies law with reference to
an accurate, rather than a crude, understanding of human behavior. Behavioral Law and …