Self-enhancement and the life script in future thinking across the lifespan

Memory

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 774-785

  Grysman, Azriel ^a   Prabhakar, Janani ^b   Anglin, Stephanie M ^b   Hudson, Judith A ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Episodic future simulation; Life script; Self enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928208535     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.927505     Document Type: Article

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