Mental travel into the past: differentiating recollections of nostalgic, ordinary, and positive events

This research examined construal differences evoked by mental travel to nostalgic, ordinary, or positive autobiographical events. According to the Construal Level Theory, psychologically distant events are construed with abstract terms, proximal events with concrete terms. We argue that nostalgic re...

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Main Authors: Stephan, Elena (Author), Sedikides, Constantine (Author), Wildschut, Tim (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012-04.
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