Indeed, people even offer explanations when tricked into believing they had chosen the <i>opposite</i> outcome to the one they actually picked [1].<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;6745688" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;6745688</a><p>&gt; participants fail to notice mismatches between their intended choice and the outcome they are presented with, while nevertheless offering introspectively derived reasons for why they chose the way they did