Abstract
This chapter reviews theories and research on regret, an emotion uniquely tied to decision making. It covers the literatures on regret in decision theory, philosophy, psychology, marketing, neuroscience, and biology. Regret is an aversive experience which focuses one's attention on what one did wrong. It is a cognitively based emotion that motivates thinking about how the regretted event could have been avoided, or how one could prevent its future occurrence. The chapter concludes with an exploration of some of the functions of regret.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Emotion Theory |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Routledge Comprehensive Guide: Volume II: Theories of Specific Emotions and Major Theoretical Challenges |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 45 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003469018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |