Episodic future thinking: Linking neuropsychological performance with episodic detail in young and old adults

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1687-1706

  Cole, Scott N ^a   Morrison, Catriona M ^a   Conway, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic future thinking; Episodic memory; Executive function; Imagination; Source memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884287788     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.758157     Document Type: Article

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