Phenomenal characteristics associated with projecting oneself back into the past and forward into the future: Influence of valence and temporal distance

D’Argembeau, Arnaud; Van der Linden, Martial

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2004.07.007

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Phenomenal characteristics associated with projecting oneself back into the past and forward into the future: Influence of valence and temporal distance

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D’Argembeau, Arnaud, Van der Linden, Martial·2004·Consciousness and Cognition

DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2004.07.007

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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 subjective experience associated with remembering the past and imagining the future. Participants mentally "re-experienced" or "pre-experienced" positive and negative events that differed in their temporal distance from the present (close versus distant), and then rated the phenomenal characteristics (i.e., sensorial, contextual, and emotional details) associated with their representations. For both past and future, representations of positive events were associated with a greater feeling of re-experiencing (or pre-experiencing) than representations of negative events. In addition, representations of temporally close events (both past and future) contained more sensorial and contextual details, and generated a stronger feeling of re-experiencing (or pre-experiencing) than representations of temporally distant events. It is suggested that the way we both remember our past and imagine our future is constrained by our current goals.

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Authors: D’Argembeau, A., & Van der Linden, M.
Affiliations: University of Liège (BE)
Corresponding author: D’Argembeau, Arnaud
ORCID: D’Argembeau, Arnaud
Venue: Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2004-12
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Pages: 844-858
ISSN: 1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.07.007
OpenAlex: W2054734057
Cited by: 792
References: 52
Citations by year: 2026: 48 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 47 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 43 · 2012: 50
FWCI: 3.48
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: other-oa
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Locations: Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
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ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords: mental time travel, re-experiencing, phenomenal consciousness, temporal distance, event valence, future imagination, goal-directed cognition
MeSH terms: Adult, Deja Vu, Emotions, Female, Goals, Humans, Imagination, Male, Memory, Time Perception

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