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The ghosts of past and future

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  • Daniel L. Schacter

    (Harvard University)

  • Donna Rose Addis

    (Harvard University)

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A memory that works by piecing together bits of the past may be better suited to simulating future events than one that is a store of perfect records.

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  • Daniel L. Schacter & Donna Rose Addis, 2007. "The ghosts of past and future," Nature, Nature, vol. 445(7123), pages 27-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:445:y:2007:i:7123:d:10.1038_445027a
    DOI: 10.1038/445027a
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