Traditionally, the hippocampal system has been studied in relation to the goal of retrieving
memories about the past. Recent work in humans and rodents suggests that the …

Episodic future thinking is a projection of the self into the future to mentally preexperience an
event. Previous work has shown striking similarities between autobiographical memory and …

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We recently reported that older adults generate fewer episodic details than younger adults
when remembering past events and when simulating future events. We suggested that the …

Episodic future thinking allows humans to mentally simulate virtually infinite future
possibilities, yet this device is fundamentally goal-directed and should not be equated with …

This study sought to investigate the component processes underlying the ability to imagine
future events, using an individual-differences approach. Participants completed several …

Human memory evolved subject to the constraints of nature's criterion—differential survival
and reproduction. Consequently, our capacity to remember and forget is likely tuned to …

Patients with bilateral hippocampal damage acquired in adulthood who are amnesic for past
events have also been reported to be impaired at imagining fictitious and future …

Is there an adaptive side to rumination? We tested whether rumination that is focused on
correcting past mistakes and active goal achievement could produce positive outcomes; this …

The capacity to think about specific events that one might encounter in the future—episodic
future thought—involves the flexible (re) organization of memory. The present study …