Seeing the links among the personal past, present, and future: How imagery perspective in mental simulation functions in defining the temporally extended self

Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 359-372

  Libby, Lisa K ^a   Eibach, Richard P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77954133728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809846-34     Document Type: Chapter

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