Predicting the phenomenology of episodic future thoughts
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Recent findings suggest that multiple event properties contribute to shape the phenomenology of episodic future thoughts, but the specific role of each property is not yet fully understood. This study shows that different phenomenological features are predicted by distinct event properties. The vividness of an episodic future thought largely depends on the familiarity of its constitutive elements (i.e., the envisioned location, persons and objects), while the visual perspective adopted is instead related to the temporal distance of the imagined event. Cognitive feelings such as the sense of pre-experiencing the future depend on sensory-perceptual qualities, and are further modulated by the personal importance attributed to the event. These findings suggest that the essence of episodic future thought-the sensation of mentally visiting one's personal future-lies, in part, in the relevance of imagined events with respect to personal 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
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1198-1206
- ISSN
- 1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2001343682
- Cited by
- 139
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- orbi.uliege.be
- Licence
- Locations
- Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
- Keywords
- phenomenology, vividness, familiarity, visual perspective, temporal distance, personal importance, personal goals, imagined events
- MeSH terms
- Consciousness, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Imagination, Male, Perception, Thinking, Young Adult, Memory, Episodic
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