Remembering the past and thinking about the future: Is it really about time?

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Eacott, Madeline J ^a   Easton, Alexander ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Future planning; Mental time travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867138893     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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