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 ...

Counterfactual reasoning, the capacity to entertain “what might have been” scenarios, is central to understanding how children interpret and learn from their experiences. This field explores the ...

Counterfactual thinking, the process by which individuals mentally simulate alternative outcomes to past events, is a ubiquitous cognitive phenomenon with far‐reaching psychological implications. This ...