Memory for emotional simulations: Remembering a rosy future

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Szpunar, Karl K ^a   Addis, Donna Rose ^b   Schacter, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

autobiographical memory; emotions; episodic future thinking; episodic memory; long term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855473901     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611422237     Document Type: Article

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