Temporal distance and person memory: Thinking about the future changes memory for the past

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 805-816

  Wyer, Natalie A ^a   Perfect, Timothy J ^a   Pahl, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construal level; Person memory; Psychological distance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953195091     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210370965     Document Type: Article

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