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In classical reversal tasks, for instance, subjects often select a safe bet over a risky one when given a choice between the two in a pair, but then assign a higher monetary evaluation to the risky bet. Motivated by a rich literature on context-dependent preferences, we conjecture that comparisons across bets in a pair can influence <jats:italic>both<\/jats:italic> Choice and Evaluation. Yet deciders are less likely to mentally compare the bets in the latter case, as bets are typically evaluated in isolation. This asymmetry between Choice and Evaluation is, we surmise, one cause of the reversals. If we further assume that memory decay affects mental comparisons in Evaluation, the account predicts order and timing effects on the reversal probability. We run several treatments designed to facilitate or hinder the retrieval from memory of the alternative bet during evaluation of a bet. 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