Tracking the Construction of Episodic Future Thoughts

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-271

  D'Argembeau, Arnaud ^a   Mathy, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Episodic future thinking; Episodic memory; Goals; Retrieval processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; THINKING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBABILITY; SEMANTICS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955738660     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022581     Document Type: Article

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