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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 ...
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)