Rewinding & Rewriting

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Hidden Brain : Rewinding & Rewriting Image

Rewinding & Rewriting

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All of us are time travelers. We go back in history to turning points in our lives, and imagine how things could have turned out differently. Psychologists refer to this as “counterfactual thinking.” This week on Hidden Brain, we look at why some events prompt these “What if?” questions, while others do not.