Neuroscience
8 years ago

Regret and disappointment differ in brain activity and intensity, with regret inducing stronger dislike and desire to switch.

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Decision-related loss: Regret and disappointment
Hannah Faye Chua, Richard Gonzalez, Stephan F. Taylor, Robert C. Welsh, Israel Liberzon

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The study looked at how regret and disappointment affect decision-making and the brain. Regret made people dislike bad outcomes more and want to change their choice more than disappointment. Both regret and disappointment activated similar brain regions, but regret showed stronger activity in some areas. This suggests that regret and disappointment, felt when making bad decisions, share a common brain network but differ in how intensely they are felt.