We discuss whether the two systems approach can advance understanding of children's developing counterfactual thinking. We argue that types of counterfactual thinking that are acquired early in development could be handled by the temporal updating system, whereas those that emerge in middle childhood require thinking about specific events in time.

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反事实是否及时？

我们讨论了这两种系统方法是否可以促进对儿童发展中的反事实思维的理解。我们认为，在发育早期获得的反事实思维类型可以由时间更新系统处理，而在童年中期出现的那些需要及时思考特定事件。