How Regret Deepens Our Sense of Meaning

When we engage with regret in a meaningful, constructive way, it can also increase our performance. That bad feeling is a signal to the brain saying, huh, maybe I should do things differently. And how can regret deepen our sense of meaning? Well, what it does in many cases is that when we think about counterfactually, at some level, we sometimes will appreciate what we have.