Toward a Theory of Episodic Memory: The Frontal Lobes and Autonoetic Consciousness

Adult humans are capable of remembering prior events by mentally traveling back in time to re-experience those events. In this review, the authors discuss this and other related capabilities, considering evidence from such diverse sources as brain imaging, neuropsychological experiments, clinical ob...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1997-05, Vol.121 (3), p.331-354
Main Authors: Wheeler, Mark A, Stuss, Donald T, Tulving, Endel
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Adult
Adults
Attention - physiology
Awareness - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Brain Mapping
Consciousness
Consciousness - physiology
Consciousness States
Episodic Memory
Frontal Lobe
Frontal Lobe - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Learning. Memory
Memory
Mental Recall - physiology
Neurology
Past experiences
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall
Retention (Psychology) - physiology
Role
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Past experiences
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Role
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