TY - CHAP
T1 - Episodic future thought
T2 - Remembering the past to imagine the future
AU - Szpunar, Karl K.
AU - Mc Dermott, Kathleen B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Imagine for a moment attending a party for next New Years’ Eve. Take 10 s or so to generate a specific mental scene for this upcoming party. Chances are that you can “see” some pretty specific details: You can identify some of the guests, you envision clothes, and you can imagine a configuration of people intermingling in a specific setting—potentially one you know very well. How is it that we are able to envision the future in such a specific way? That question forms the topic of this chapter. Specifically, we examine the capacity for episodic future thought (Atance & O’Neill, 2001) and consider the possibility that recollection of the past is a fundamental component of envisioning the future.
AB - Imagine for a moment attending a party for next New Years’ Eve. Take 10 s or so to generate a specific mental scene for this upcoming party. Chances are that you can “see” some pretty specific details: You can identify some of the guests, you envision clothes, and you can imagine a configuration of people intermingling in a specific setting—potentially one you know very well. How is it that we are able to envision the future in such a specific way? That question forms the topic of this chapter. Specifically, we examine the capacity for episodic future thought (Atance & O’Neill, 2001) and consider the possibility that recollection of the past is a fundamental component of envisioning the future.
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U2 - 10.4324/9780203809846-14
DO - 10.4324/9780203809846-14
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85076079269
SN - 1841698873
SN - 9781841698878
SP - 119
EP - 129
BT - Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -