Imagining novel futures: The roles of event plausibility and familiarity

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-451

  Anderson, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Event plausibility; Future thinking; Self reference; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84863844656     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.677450     Document Type: Article

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