Why do people take revenge? This question can be difficult to answer. Vengeance seems
interpersonally destructive and antithetical to many of the most basic human instincts …

Episodic memory has been analyzed in a number of different ways in both philosophy and
psychology, and most controversy has centered on its self-referential, autonoetic character …

Academic Abstract This article integrates and advances the scope of research on the role of
mental time travel in bolstering the self. We propose that imagining the self in the future …

The past is undeniably special for human beings. To a large extent, both individuals and
collectives define themselves through history. Moreover, humans seem to have a special …

People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. How do
individuals resolve this tension? One way to both pursue personal gain and preserve a …

Most people believe they are morally good, and this belief plays an integral role in
constructions of personal identity. Yet people commit moral transgressions with surprising …

Remembering unpleasant events can trigger negative feelings. Fortunately, research
indicates that unwanted retrieval can be suppressed to prevent memories from intruding into …

We propose an extension to Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) theory. For successful episodic
memory formation, potentially relevant aspects of a situation need to be identied and …

Retrospective parental reports are common in the developmental science literature, but their
validity has been questioned. We investigated the consistency of retrospective maternal …

Flashbulb memories represent a unique phenomenon linking research on cognition with
research on emotion, yet most studies on this phenomenon have characterized collective …