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11273420

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
This study reveals that when remembering past decisions, people engage in choice-supportive memory distortion. When asked to make memory attributions of options' features, participants made source-monitoring errors that supported their decisions. They tended to attribute, both correctly and incorrectly, more positive features to the option they had selected than to its competitor. In addition, they sometimes attributed, both correctly and incorrectly, more negative features to the nonselected option. This pattern of distortion may be beneficial to people's general well-being, reducing regret for options not taken. At the same time, it is problematic for memory accuracy, for accountability, and for learning from past experience.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0956-7976
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
132-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Misremembrance of options past: source monitoring and choice.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychology Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1010, USA. tmmather@princeton.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.