{"688227":{"#nid":"688227","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Da Eun Kim","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName: Da Eun Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D. Dissertation Proposal Meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Thursday February 26th, 2026 2:30PM\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96320587686\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96320587686\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96320587686\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Hsiao-Wen Liao (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDissertation Committee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Paul Verhaeghen - (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Dingjing Shi - (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Tammy Tran - (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Sarah Barber - (Georgia State University)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: Self-Representation Stability and Intraindividual Similarities of Autobiographical Past and Future Thinking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAutobiographical memory research has extended its focus to include episodic future thinking, finding that the way people imagine mirrors the way they remember. However, most research primarily focuses on between-individual similarities in how past and future events are experienced (phenomenology). There has been less attention to within-individual similarity between past and future thinking, as well as to other aspects that may demonstrate a parallel. Drawing on the Self-Memory System model and narrative identity research, this research proposes that stable self-representations organize both memory and imagination, guiding similar profiles of phenomenology, autobiographical reasoning, and motivational themes across past and future events. This proposal has two aims: a) systematically operationalize the parallel as intraindividual similarity of past and future thinking, and b) test whether having stable self-representations (i.e., self-concept clarity) is related to the parallel. Using Q-correlations, Study 1 examined correlational associations between self-stability and intraindividual similarity. Self-concept clarity was positively associated with phenomenological and motivational similarities. The proposed Study 2 addresses these limitations and tests whether developmental differences in self-stability moderate the causal effect. by experimentally manipulating self-concept clarity using a 2 (clarity: high vs. low) x 2 (age group: younger vs. older) design. Study 2 tests whether self-concept clarity causally influences intraindividual similarities and whether age moderates this effect. Together, the proposed research will extend the literature with novel methodology and provide a better understanding of the pivotal role of self in guiding how autobiographical past and future thinking are experienced and connected.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESelf-Representation Stability and Intraindividual Similarities of Autobiographical Past and Future Thinking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Self-Representation Stability and Intraindividual Similarities of Autobiographical Past and Future Thinking"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-02-12 19:03:23","changed_gmt":"2026-02-12 19:22:22","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-02-26T14:30:42-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-02-26T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-02-26T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-02-26 19:30:42","gmt_time_end":"2026-02-26 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-02-26 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"ZOOM","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}