Get real: Effects of repeated simulation and emotion on the perceived plausibility of future experiences

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-327

  Szpunar, Karl K ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Episodic future thinking; Plausibility; Repetition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880060066     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028877     Document Type: Article

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