Separating past and future autobiographical events in memory: Evidence for a reality monitoring asymmetry

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  McDonough, Ian M ^a   Gallo, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FANTASY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FANTASY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REALITY TESTING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 75149173027     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.1.3     Document Type: Article

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