All Outputs (6)

The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret (2013)
Journal Article
Nicolle, A., & Riggs, K. (2013). The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(6), 702. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001143

Kurzban et al.'s opportunity cost model of mental effort relies heavily on counterfactual thinking. We suggest that a closer inspection of the role of counterfactual emotions, and particularly of action/inaction asymmetries in anticipated regret, may... Read More about The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret.

The development of counterfactual reasoning (2013)
Book Chapter
Beck, S. R., & Riggs, K. J. (2013). The development of counterfactual reasoning. In H. Markovits (Ed.), The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making (165-181). Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315856568

Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking (2013)
Journal Article
Beck, S. R., Weisberg, D. P., Burns, P., & Riggs, K. J. (2014). Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking. Studia Logica, 102(4), 673-689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-013-9508-1

What do human beings use conditional reasoning for? A psychological consequence of counterfactual conditional reasoning is emotional experience, in particular, regret and relief. Adults' thoughts about what might have been influence their evaluations... Read More about Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking.

Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it? (2013)
Journal Article
Riggs, K. J., Simpson, A., & Carroll, D. J. (2014). Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it?. Journal of experimental child psychology, 118(1), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.015

Prepotent actions are actions that are strongly triggered by the environment, and so tend to be carried out, unless intentionally avoided. Understanding what makes an action prepotent is central to an understanding of inhibitory control. The current... Read More about Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it?.

Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition (2013)
Journal Article
Simpson, A., Cooper, N. R., Gillmeister, H., & Riggs, K. J. (2013). Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition. Cognition, 128(2), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.03.015

There is evidence to suggest action imitation is automatic in adults and children. Children's weak inhibitory control means that automatic activation can have dramatic effects on behaviour. In three developmental studies, we investigated whether verb... Read More about Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition.

The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children (2013)
Journal Article
Riggs, K. J., Jolley, R. P., & Simpson, A. (2013). The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children. Journal of experimental child psychology, 114(4), 537-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.003

We investigated the role of inhibitory control in young children's human figure drawing. We used the Bear-Dragon task as a measure of inhibitory control and used the classification system devised by Cox and Parkin to measure the development of human... Read More about The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children.