Scholars@Duke
Kaylee Miceli

Selected Publications

Episodic details are better remembered in plausible relative to implausible counterfactual simulations.

Journal Article Psychonomic bulletin & review · August 2025 People often engage in episodic counterfactual thinking, or mentally simulating how the experienced past might have been different from how it was. A commonly held view is that mentally simulating alternative event outcomes aids in managing future uncertai ... Full text Cite

Perceived plausibility modulates hippocampal activity in episodic counterfactual thinking.

Journal Article Hippocampus · January 2024 Episodic counterfactual thinking (ECT) consists of imagining alternative outcomes to past personal events. Previous research has shown that ECT shares common neural substrates with episodic future thinking (EFT): our ability to imagine possible future even ... Full text Cite