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Kaylee Miceli

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Plausibility in episodic counterfactual thinking does not depend on the difficulty of the mental simulation.

Journal Article Cognition · June 2026 People often engage in episodic counterfactual thinking, simulating alternative ways in which past events might have unfolded. Existing research has shown that the perceived plausibility of episodic counterfactual simulations influences judgments of regret ... Full text Cite

Episodic details are better remembered in plausible relative to implausible counterfactual simulations.

Journal Article Psychonomic bulletin & review · August 2025 People often engage in episodic counterfactual thinking, or mentally simulating how the experienced past might have been different from how it was. A commonly held view is that mentally simulating alternative event outcomes aids in managing future uncertai ... Full text Cite

Perceived plausibility modulates hippocampal activity in episodic counterfactual thinking.

Journal Article Hippocampus · January 2024 Episodic counterfactual thinking (ECT) consists of imagining alternative outcomes to past personal events. Previous research has shown that ECT shares common neural substrates with episodic future thinking (EFT): our ability to imagine possible future even ... Full text Cite
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