Behavioural evidence for mental time travel in nonhuman animals

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Suddendorf, Thomas ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Episodic like memory; Foresight; Memory systems; Mental time travel; Planning; Prospection; Www memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; EPISODIC LIKE MEMORY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOLUTION; FORESIGHT; FUTUROLOGY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING; TIME; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77956432544     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.11.044     Document Type: Article

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