Influence of outcome valence in the subjective experience of episodic past, future, and counterfactual thinking

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1085-1096

  De Brigard, Felipe ^a,b   Giovanello, Kelly S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic counterfactual thinking; Episodic future thinking; Episodic memory; Imagination; Memory characteristics; Mental time travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865396365     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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