Experiencing past and future personal events: Functional neuroimaging evidence on the neural bases of mental time travel

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-212

  Botzung, Anne ^a   Denkova, Ekaterina ^a   Manning, Lilianne ^a  

^a Centre de Neurochimie   (France)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Event related fMRI; HRF estimation analysis; Mental time travel; Pre experiencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 38549119887     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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