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    "title": "The Effect of Alternative Outcomes on Perceived Counterfactual Closeness",
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    "abstract": "Assessing the likelihood that a counterfactual event would have happened involves contrasting a factual outcome withthe counterfactual alternative. In many situations, the number of alternatives will influence the perceived closeness of aparticular alternative. For example, losers of a game in which participants guess which door conceals a prize will likelybelieve they were closer to winning when there were three doors compared to six. This reflects accurate probabilisticreasoning because more doors will be associated with a lower probability of winning. However, we test whether thenumber of alternatives has a unique influence on beliefs about counterfactual closeness. Experiments 1 and 2 show that,even when probability is held fixed, people believe counterfactual closeness decreases when there are more alternatives.",
    "language": "eng",
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            "first_name": "Matthew",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Myers",
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            "institution": "Northwestern University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Lance",
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            "last_name": "Rips",
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            "institution": "Northwestern University",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2019-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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