Psychology (Conference proceedings)
https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2469
2024-03-29T08:11:15ZScreen-time versus screen type: The impact of screen engagement on cognitive development in Irish 5 year olds
https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2735
Screen-time versus screen type: The impact of screen engagement on cognitive development in Irish 5 year olds
Screen-time versus screen type: The impact of screen engagement on cognitive development in Irish 5 year olds.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZCounterfactual promises and threats
https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2547
Counterfactual promises and threats
We examine counterfactual conditionals about promises, such as ‘if you had tidied your room then I would have given you
ice-cream’ and threats such as ‘if you had hit your sister then I would have grounded you’. Reasoners tend to understand
counterfactual conditionals of the form, ‘if A had been then B would have been’ by thinking about the conjectured
possibility, ‘A and B', and also the presupposed facts ‘not-A and not-B’. We report the results of an experiment that
indicates reasoners may understand counterfactual inducements somewhat differently by thinking about just the
presupposed facts: not-A and not-B. We discuss the implications of the results for accounts of the mental representations of promises and threats.
Counterfactual promises and threats.
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZWhat else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives
https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2546
What else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives
The aim of this study was to explore why people focus on enablers rather than causes in their counterfactual thinking (i.e., how people undo the past). We report the results of an experiment that compared causes and enablers in likelihood and the number of available alternatives. The results indicate that the number of alternatives may explain the focus of counterfactual thoughts. The findings are discussed in the context of previous research on counterfactual thinking and causality.
What else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZHow we undo the past: counterfactual thinking about enablers
https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2545
How we undo the past: counterfactual thinking about enablers
How we undo the past: counterfactual thinking about enablers.
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z