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Counterfactual and Prefactual Conditionals
(Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2004)
We consider reasoning about prefactual possibilities
in the future, for example, “if I were to win the lottery
next year I would buy a yacht” and counterfactual possibilities,
for example, “if I had won the lottery last ...
Indicative and Counterfactual 'only if' conditionals'.
(Elsevier, 2009-11)
We report three experiments to test the possibilities reasoners think about when they understand a con-ditional of the form ‘A only if B’ compared to ‘if A then B’. The experiments examine conditionals in the indicative ...
Does time spent watching television in early childhood affect socio-emotional development?
(ESRI [Economic and Social Research Institute], 2014)
It’s good to talk!
(2017)
Talking is an essential human skill in order to communicate our wants, needs, hopes, dreams and to make social connections with others. While infants can make their needs known it takes some time for children to achieve ...
What else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives
(Science Foundation Ireland, 2010)
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 ...
Counterfactual promises and threats
(Cognitive Science Society, 2004)
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 ...
Screen-time versus screen type: The impact of screen engagement on cognitive development in Irish 5 year olds
(ESRI [Economic & Social Research Institute], 2018)
Counterfactual ‘only if ’ conditionals
(Cognitive Science Society, 2003)
People understand a conditional, 'if A then B', such as 'if Peg went swimming then she felt well' by keeping in mind
only true possibilities, e.g., A and B, not-A and not-B, not-A and B (Johnson-Laird & Byrne, 2002). ...
Thinking counterfactually – how controllability affects the ‘undoing’ of causes and enablers.
(Cognitive Science Society, 2008)
Abstract
Previous research on counterfactual thoughts about prevention
suggests that people tend to focus on enabling rather than
causing agents. However, research has also demonstrated that
people have a preference ...
How we undo the past: counterfactual thinking about enablers
(PSI [Psychological Society of Ireland], 2010)