New publication in close cooperation with Tania Lincoln's working group!

23 September 2025, by Anke Ellegast

We are excited to share our new publication by Matthias Pillny, a close cooperation with Tania Lincoln's working group, published in Memory. This study explores how mental time travel engages neural, physiological, and emotional processes. Our results indicate that recalling and envisioning emotionally salient events increases late positive potential (LPP) amplitudes, akin to the processing of immediate experiences, which may reflect neural mechanisms of anticipatory affective responses essential for motivation.

Pillny, M., Härpfer, K., Carsten, H., Lincoln, T. M., & Riesel, A. (2025). With the power of the inner eyes: The late positive potential during mental time travel through positive and negative experiences. An event-related potential study. Memory, 1-18. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2025.2554283