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Regret

Everything on this site about regret — each one naming the study behind it.

You avoid action to prevent the possibility of regret.
The omission bias is the tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful instances of inaction.…
You feel worse because you imagined a better outcome.
A 1997 review article by Neal Roese synthesizes the established connection between upward counterfactuals and regret, …
You are more troubled by almost winning than losing.
Counterfactual thinking explains why a bronze medalist is often happier than a silver medalist.…
You feel more regret for things that nearly happened.
Counterfactual thinking causes stronger emotional reactions to 'near misses' than to outcomes that were never possible…