Self-defining future projections: Exploring the identity function of thinking about the future

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-120

  D'Argembeau, Arnaud ^a   Lardi, Claudia ^b   van der Linden, Martial ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Future thinking; Identity; Self defining memories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856822257     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2011.647697     Document Type: Article

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