Actions tend to hurt more in the short term, but over a lifetime people often dwell more on the chances they never took — a classic psychological finding that has survived several modern replication attempts, even if the effect isn’t universal.
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A classic line of psychology research describes a reversal in regret. Soon after a bad outcome, people tend to be more troubled by something they did. When they look back across a much longer period, failures to act become more prominent.
The pattern has survived modern replication attempts, but in a qualified form. A large 2022 preregistered replication found support in three of four tested paradigms, generally with smaller effects. A 2023 field study of 2,600 people reproduced the shift across
The pattern has survived modern replication attempts, but in a qualified form. A large 2022 preregistered replication found support in three of four tested paradigms, generally with smaller effects. A 2023 field study of 2,600 people reproduced the shift across
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