Adaptive constructive processes and the future of memory

American Psychologist

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 603-613

  Schacter, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive processes; Constructive memory; Default network; Future simulation; Imagination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY;

EID: 84869775453     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029869     Document Type: Article

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