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Regret

Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision one did make were unfavorable.

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Models

Life domains

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Neuroscience

In other species

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Regret

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples65
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Regret

Top relations

related to Lost opportunity principle · 11
Regret → An, As, Aspects, Education, High, Instead, Low, People, The, This, With
related to In other species · 10
Regret → Chimpanzees, Department, Duke University, Evolutionary Anthropology, In, Minnesota, Researchers, The, This, University
related to Life domains · 10
Regret → Education, Finland, Gallup, Germany, In, People, Subsequent, This, US, With
related to Neuroscience · 6
Regret → Another, Both, Completeness, Feedback, Research, With
related to Opportunity · 6
Regret → As, Consequently, Feeling, People, People's, When
related to Models · 5
Regret → Anticipated, Existential, It, There, This
related to Definition · 4
Regret → Agent, Another, For, However
related to Deathbed regrets · 3
Regret → Bronnie Ware, I'd, This
is a · 2
Regret → emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, idea that a person could be involved in a situation
related to Action versus inaction · 2
Regret → Regrets, There

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people opportunity action decision life regrets disappointment study outcomes one corrective education decisions negative outcome may lost inaction remorse emotion

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Regretis aemotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past0.90text
Regretis aidea that a person could be involved in a situation0.90text
making friendsinstance ofAspects0.80text
becoming more spiritualinstance ofAspects0.80text
and community involvement tend to be less regrettable which makes sense because these are also aspects in life that do not become limited opportunitiesinstance ofAspects0.80text
chimpanzeesinstance ofa study published by two people in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University analyzed the relationship between decisions and outcomes with emotional reactio…0.80text
bonobosinstance ofa study published by two people in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University analyzed the relationship between decisions and outcomes with emotional reactio…0.80text
Regretrelated to Action versus inactionThere0.60section
Regretrelated to Action versus inactionRegrets0.60section
Regretrelated to AgeIn0.60section
Regretrelated to Deathbed regretsThis0.60section
Regretrelated to Deathbed regretsBronnie Ware0.60section

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