Episodic simulation and episodic memory can increase intentions to help others

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4415-4420

  Gaesser, Brendan ^a,b   Schacter, Daniel L ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EPISODIC SIMULATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EMPATHY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MEMORY;

EID: 84897004030     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402461111     Document Type: Article

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