Memories of the future: New insights into the adaptive value of episodic memory

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Szpunar, Karl K ^a,b   Addis, Donna Rose ^c   McLelland, Victoria C ^c   Schacter, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 85069352488     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00047     Document Type: Article

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