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Overview

Neal J. Roese is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and information systems and management.

Their research topics cover an array of themes, such as social and intergroup psychology, the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, optimism, hope, and well-being, psychological and temporal perspectives research, mind wandering and attention, social and cultural dynamics, and ethics in business and education.

Roese's recent publications demonstrate engagement with diverse aspects of psychological and social dynamics. Key papers include:

  • Dispositional optimism weakly predicts upward, rather than downward, counterfactual thinking: A prospective correlational study using episodic recall (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Polarized imagination: partisanship influences the direction and consequences of counterfactual thinking (2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Motivated Counterfactual Thinking and Moral Inconsistency: How We Use Our Imaginations to Selectively Condemn and Condone (2024, Current Directions in Psychological Science)
  • Harley-Davidson: Rejuvenating an Iconic Brand (2020, Kellogg School of Management Cases)
  • The Dark Triad predicts public display of offensive political products (2024, Journal of Research in Personality)

Roese collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Kai Epstude, Daniel A. Effron, John Pavlus, Jessica Gamlin, and Rachel Smallman.

Their publications appear in a range of venues, notably:

  • Kellogg School of Management Cases
  • PLoS ONE
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Journal of Research in Personality

In addition to journal articles, Roese has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Kellogg School of Management eBooks titled "The Hillshire Farm Brand: Growth Opportunities in Snacking" (2020).

Best Publications

  • The Functional Theory of Counterfactual Thinking

    Kai Epstude;Neal J. Roese

  • The Functional Basis of Counterfactual Thinking

    Neal Joseph Roese

  • What Might Have Been: The Social Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • What we regret most... and why.

    Neal J. Roese;Amy Summerville

  • Regulatory focus and temporal distance

    Ginger L Pennington;Neal J Roese

  • Counterfactual Thinking: The Intersection of Affect and Function

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • Hindsight Bias

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  • Twenty years of bogus pipeline research : a critical review and meta-analysis

    Neal J. Roese;David W. Jamieson

  • Counterfactual thinking: A critical overview.

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • Counterfactual thinking and regulatory focus: implications for action versus inaction and sufficiency versus necessity.

    Neal J. Roese;Taekyun Hur;Ginger L. Pennington

  • Self-report measures of individual differences in regulatory focus: A cautionary note

    Amy Summerville;Neal J. Roese

  • Counterfactuals, Causal Attributions, and the Hindsight Bias: A Conceptual Integration

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • From what might have been to what must have been: counterfactual thinking creates meaning.

    Laura J. Kray;Linda G. George;Katie A. Liljenquist;Adam D. Galinsky

  • The Structure of Counterfactual Thought

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • The functional theory of counterfactual thinking : New evidence, new challenges, new insights

    Neal J. Roese;Kai Epstude

  • Outcome Controllability and Counterfactual Thinking

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • Repetitive regret, depression, and anxiety: findings from a nationally representative survey

    N.J. Roese;Kai Epstude;F. Fessel;M. Morrisson

  • Praise for regret: People value regret above other negative emotions.

    Colleen Saffrey;Amy Summerville;Neal J. Roese

  • Counterfactual Thinking Facilitates Behavioral Intentions

    Rachel Smallman;Neal J. Roese

  • Better, Stronger, Faster: Self-Serving Judgment, Affect Regulation, and the Optimal Vigilance Hypothesis:

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

  • Self-esteem and counterfactual thinking.

    Neal J. Roese;James M. Olson

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Olson
James M. Olson University of Western Ontario
Adam D. Galinsky
Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University
Kathleen D. Vohs
Kathleen D. Vohs University of Minnesota
Chi-Yue Chiu
Chi-Yue Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sohee Park
Sohee Park Vanderbilt University
Norman P. Li
Norman P. Li Singapore Management University
Michael W. Morris
Michael W. Morris Columbia University
Jacob B. Hirsh
Jacob B. Hirsh University of Toronto
John P. Meyer
John P. Meyer University of Western Ontario
Christine I. Hooker
Christine I. Hooker Harvard University

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