The degree of disparateness of event details modulates future simulation construction, plausibility, and recall

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 234-242

  van Mulukom, Valerie ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^b   Corballis, Michael C ^a   Addis, Donna Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Episodic future though; Imagination; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957432061     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1051559     Document Type: Article

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