When thinking about the future or the upcoming actions of another person, we mentally
project ourselves into that alternative situation. Accumulating data suggest that envisioning …

In a dynamic world, mechanisms allowing prediction of future situations can provide a
selective advantage. We suggest that memory systems differ in the degree of flexibility they …

Episodic memory has been analyzed in a number of different ways in both philosophy and
psychology, and most controversy has centered on its self-referential, autonoetic character …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Episodic memory is widely conceived as a fundamentally constructive, rather than
reproductive, process that is prone to various kinds of errors and illusions. With a view …

The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded
dramatically during primate evolution. The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex presents a …

The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us
uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes …

It has recently been observed that the brain network supporting recall of episodic memories
shares much in common with other cognitive functions such as episodic future thinking …

Humans are capable of imagining future rewards and the contexts in which they may be
obtained. Functionally, intertemporal choices between smaller but immediate and larger but …

As humans, we frequently engage in mental time travel, reliving past experiences and
imagining possible future events. This study examined whether similar factors affect the …