Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 356-365

  Anderson, Rachel J ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen A ^a   Nash, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual task; Future thinking; Imagery; Memory; Mental time travel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; THINKING; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861222838     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025451     Document Type: Article

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