The Development of Episodic Foresight. Emerging Concepts and Methods

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-137

  Hudson, Judith A ^a   Mayhew, Estelle M Y ^a   Prabhakar, Janani ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay of gratification; Episodic foresight; Future; Mental time travel; Planning; Prospective memory; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960174536     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386491-8.00003-7     Document Type: Book

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