Predicting the future is a form of forward counterfactual thinking.

预测未来是一种事前反事实思考。

Counterfactual thinking is mental representations of alternatives to the past to the individual.

反事实思维是个体对不真实的条件或可能性进行替换的一种思维过程。

Counterfactual thinking is a way of thinking in our everyday life, which influence causal reasoning and attribution.

反事实思维是人们日常生活中经常产生的一种思维方式，这种思维常常影响因果推理和归因。

The outcome of Experiment 1 demonstrated that downward counterfactual thinking could be aroused more when the result was close to the boundary.

实验一表明，结果接近分界点较结果远离分界点时，被试产生的下行反事实思维要多。

Counterfactual thinking is evoked by experienced facts of reality and comparison with these alternatives. Based on the kind of comparison, people feel better or worse about past events.

经历过的客观结果与假设替换结果进行比较，个体对客观结果感觉更好或更坏。