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

Abstract

In this chapter counterfactual thinkingCounterfactual thinking is addressed based on literature mainly from NeuroscienceNeuroscience and Psychology. A detailed literature review was conducted in identifying processes, neural correlatesNeural correlate and theories related to counterfactual thinkingCounterfactual thinking from different disciplines. A familiar scenario with respect to counterfactual thinkingCounterfactual thinking was identified. Based on the literature, an adaptive self-modeling networkNetwork model was designed. This model captures the complex process of counterfactual thinkingCounterfactual thinking, the mental modelsMental model that are involved, and the learningLearning and controlControl.