Remembering the past and imagining the future: Examining the consequences of mental time travel on memory

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-235

  Storm, Benjamin C ^a   Jobe, Tara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Future episodic thinking; Inhibition; Memory; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

CUES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859325950     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.654796     Document Type: Article

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