‘If Only I Would Have Done that…’: A Controlled Adaptive Network Model for Learning by Counterfactual Thinking

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‘What if I Would Have Done Otherwise…’: A Controlled Adaptive Network Model for Mental Models in Counterfactual Thinking

“…In the presented chapter, counterfactual thinking and the internal simulation of mental models involved in it were studied based on empirical literature from Neuroscience and Psychology. Most of the material was adopted from (Bhalwankar and Treur, 2021c). First, a detailed literature review was conducted in identifying processes, neural correlates and theories related to counterfactual thinking from different disciplines.…”

Dynamics, Adaptation and Control for Mental Models: A Cognitive Architecture

“…Another example showing how a mental model is learned by counterfactual thinking and observation can be found in Bhalwankar and Treur (2021c); see also Treur and Van Ments (2022, Chap. 6) (this volume).…”