In this article we review the literature on the phenomenology of retrieval from the personal
past, and propose a framework for understanding how epistemic feelings and metacognitive …

The ability to imagine and simulate events that may happen in the future has been studied in
several related but independent research areas (eg, episodic future thinking, mind …

It is assumed that the difference between voluntary and involuntary autobiographical
memories lies in the intentionality to retrieve a memory assigned by the experimenter …

Methods to reduce intrusive memories (eg, of traumatic events) should ideally spare
voluntary memory for the same event (eg, to report on the event in court). Single-trace …

Involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) are recollections of personal past that
frequently and spontaneously occur in daily life. Initial studies by Mace (2005) showed that …

In the present study we examined whether higher levels of object imagery, a stable
characteristic that reflects the ability and preference in generating pictorial mental images of …

It has recently been demonstrated that the activation of semantic memories primes
involuntary autobiographical memories on a laboratory measure of involuntary memories …

Involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) and déjà vu are phenomena that occur
spontaneously in daily life. IAMs are recollections of the personal past, whereas déjà vu is …

Our understanding of mind wandering (MW) has dramatically increased over the past
decade. A key challenge still facing research is the identification of the processes and …

In this Editorial, we discuss the past, present and future of an emerging and fast-developing
field—spontaneous future cognition. In tracking the past of this research, the trajectories of …