Provides a short and selective discussion of the multiple links between emotion, cognition, and decision making. The author explores the influence of moods and emotions experienced at the time of decision making, and discusses the affective consequences of decisions and the role of anticipated and remembered affect in decision making. Historically, regret and disappointment are the 2 emotions that have received the most attention in the decision-making literature, which focused on how the anticipation of regret and disappointment may influence individuals’ choices. Past research has shown that individuals are motivated to avoid the experience of regret or disappointment and hence make decisions in a way that minimizes the likelihood of these emotions, and that all decisions involve predictions of future feelings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)