Shani, Yaniv; Igou, Eric R.; Zeelenberg, Marcel - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 110 (2009) 1, pp. 36-44
When not knowing the negative outcome of past decision, people search for more information even when it confirms their negative suspicion. What drives this information search is the hope that the unpleasant state of "not knowing" ends when one faces the truth [Shani, Y., Tykocinski, O. E., &...