A study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience provides evidence that the brain’s reward system ...

Last weekend, we hosted a large party to celebrate a big family birthday. Ever the optimists, we assumed that spring weather would be on our side. We invited 60 guests to join outdoor celebrations in ...

New research reveals that the brain's reward system fuels a strong desire to learn about missed opportunities, even when such ...

Sometimes when we look back, we think about how things could have been better: If only I had gotten that part in that play when I was in high school . . . then I ...

Citations: Roese, Neal, Kai Epstude. 2017. The functional theory of counterfactual thinking: New evidence, new controversies, new insights. Advances in experimental ...