Remembering and imagining: The role of the self

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1175-1182

  Rathbone, Clare J ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b   Moulin, Chris J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Identity; Imagining the future; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMAGINATION; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054852468     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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