Humans can imagine what happened in the past and what will happen in the future, but also
what did not happen and what might happen. We reflect on envisioned events from …

This paper introduces a conceptual synthesis of theoretical ideas investigating the
relationship between decision making and mental imagery. We claim that the generation of …

We outline a dual systems approach to temporal cognition, which distinguishes between two
cognitive systems for dealing with how things unfold over time–a temporal updating system …

The ability to prepare for mutually exclusive possible events in the future is essential for
everyday decision making. Previous studies have suggested that this ability develops …

Many animals manipulate their environments in ways that appear to augment cognitive
processing. Adult humans show remarkable flexibility in this domain, typically relying on …

From maps sketched in sand to supercomputing software, humans ubiquitously enhance
cognitive performance by creating and using artifacts that bear mental load [1–5]. This …

Future thinking is the ability to mentally simulate future scenarios, events, or circumstances
that one might be personally involved in. The present study sought to evaluate the Persian …

Tulving (1985) was probably the first to use the term “mental time travel” to describe the
human capacity to imagine personal events from the past, as well as to envisage possible …

Mental time travel is an adaptive capacity that enables humans to engage in deliberate,
prudent action on the basis of remembering past episodes (episodic memory) and …

The capacity for subjective time in humans encompasses the perception of time's unfolding
from moment to moment, as well as the ability to traverse larger temporal expanses of past …