Prospection—the ability to represent what might happen in the future—is a broad concept
that has been used to characterize a wide variety of future-oriented cognitions, including …

The ability to think about the future—prospection—is central to many aspects of human
cognition and behavior, from planning and decision making, to self-control and the …

The ability to imagine and simulate events that may happen in the future has been studied in
several related but independent research areas (eg, episodic future thinking, mind …

In this article, we address an apparent paradox in the literature on mental time travel and
mind-wandering: How is it possible that future thinking is both constructive, yet often …

In the present, the past is more knowable than the future—but people think far more about
the future than the past. Both facts derive from the principle that the future can be changed …

Abstract Thinking about the future is an integral component of human cognition–one that has
been claimed to distinguish us from other species. Building on the construct of episodic …

The ability to mentally simulate possible futures (episodic future thinking) is of fundamental
importance for various aspects of human cognition and behavior, but precisely how humans …

Highlights•Research on episodic future thinking has increased dramatically during the past
decade.•Cognitive studies have begun to separate the contributions of episodic retrieval …

This study sought to investigate the component processes underlying the ability to imagine
future events, using an individual-differences approach. Participants completed several …

Contributions to this special issue examine multiple aspects of how people think about and
prepare for desired and undesired future outcomes, including the processes that link …