Cuing methodologies in mental time travel

Abstract

The following review attempts to bring together two converging areas of research: mental time travel (MTT) and sensory cuing. Based on the literature presented here stating an overlap in the underlying neural networks involved in MTT, one could hypothesize that the cuing of future projections will have results similar to the cuing of past memories. Alternatively, based on the sensory cuing literature and more recent behavioral findings within MTT, predictions could be made involving the interaction effects produced when directly examining different cuing techniques. A brief overview is given of both literatures before converging on a more recent study examining the effects of different cuing techniques on MTT.

Keywords:

• autobiographical memory
• mental time travel
• odors.

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank Dorthe Berntsen for comments on the manuscript and the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF93) for funding.