Self-continuity is the subjective sense of connection between one's past and present selves
(past–present self-continuity), between one's present and future selves (present–future self …

Social cognition is the scientific study of the cognitive events underlying social thought and
attitudes. Currently, the field's prevailing theoretical perspectives are the traditional schema …

The university participant pool is a key resource for behavioral research, and data quality is
believed to vary over the course of the academic semester. This crowdsourced project …

The 'EMPATHICS'vision in this chapter heralds the arrival of positive psychology to the
language learning arena (see also MacIntyre & Mercer, 2014) and moves us toward a …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

The present research tested the proposition that nostalgia serves an existential function by
bolstering a sense of meaning in life. Study 1 found that nostalgia was positively associated …

Choices are often identity-based but the linkage to identity is not necessarily explicit or
obvious for a number of reasons. First, identities feel stable but are highly sensitive to …

Autobiographical memory plays an important role in the construction of personal identity. We
review evidence of the bi-directional link between memory and identity. Individuals' current …

Self-enhancement denotes a class of psychological phenomena that involve taking a
tendentiously positive view of oneself. We distinguish between four levels of self …

As humans, we frequently engage in mental time travel, reliving past experiences and
imagining possible future events. This study examined whether similar factors affect the …