NDLI: Imagining the near and far future: The role of location familiarity

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Author	Arnold, Kathleen M. McDermott, Kathleen B. Szpunar, Karl K.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Plausible personal events envisioned as occurring in the near future tend to be reported as more vivid than those set in the far future. Why is this? The present set of three experiments identified one’s familiarity with the location in which the event is placed as critical in this regard. Specifically, Experiment 1 demonstrated that amongst a wide range of phenomenological characteristics, clarity of location appears to drive the overall difference in vividness between events imagined to take place in the near and the far future. Experiments 2 and 3 were designed to further elucidate this finding. Experiment 2 demonstrated that near future events are more likely than far future events to be imagined in familiar locations. Experiment 3 showed that future events set in familiar locations tend to be imagined with greater clarity than those set in unfamiliar locations. The results of all three experiments converge on the conclusion that the difference in vividness of events imagined as occurring in the near and far future is mediated by one’s familiarity with the location in which the event is imagined to occur.
Starting Page	954
Ending Page	967
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0090502X
Journal	Memory & Cognition
Volume Number	39
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15325946
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-02-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Episodic future thought Episodic memory Vividness Location Familiarity Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Arts and Humanities Medicine Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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