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Direct linkEspino, Orlando; Byrne, Ruth M. J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
When people understand a counterfactual such as "if it had been a good year, there would have been roses," they simulate the imagined alternative to reality, for example, "there were roses," and the actual reality, as known or presupposed, for example, "there were no roses." Seven experiments examined how people keep…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Logical Thinking, Schemata (Cognition), Cognitive Style
