We examined positive and negative life changes reported by bereaved spouses and
parents 4-7 years after the sudden loss of a family member (N= 94). Although the bereaved …

… what people generally mean when they refer to causes (Mandel, 1995). In contrast, inhibitory
causes … Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David R. Mandel, …

A widely accepted viewpoint among terrorism experts and counterterrorism practitioners is
that terrorism depends on the radicalization of its instigators and perpetrators. This chapter …

Background Lactic acid-producing bacteria (LAB) probiotics demonstrate immunomodulating
and anti-inflammatory effects and the ability to lessen the symptoms of arthritis in both …

Gout is a major health problem in the United States; it affects 8.3 million people, which is
approximately 4% of the adult population. Gout is most often diagnosed and managed in …

This book provides a critical overview of significant developments in research and theory on
counterfactual thinking that have emerged in recent years and spotlights exciting new …

… when forced to make a binary choice (Mandel, 2003). The weighted measure also facilitated
… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David R. Mandel, DRDC …

People often engage in counterfactual thinking, that is, imagining alternatives to the real
world and mentally playing out the consequences. Yet the counterfactuals people tend to …

This article reexamines the assumptions underlying the disease problem used by Tversky
and Kahneman (1981) to illustrate gain-loss formulation effects. It is argued that their reported …

In judging posterior probabilities, people often answer with the inverse conditional
probability—a tendency named theinverse fallacy. Participants (N=45) were given a series of …