▪ Abstract Episodic memory is a neurocognitive (brain/mind) system, uniquely different from
other memory systems, that enables human beings to remember past experiences. The …

In the life story, autobiographical remembering and self-understanding are combined to
create a coherent account of one's past. A gap is demonstrated between developmental …

According to the Cognitive Complexity and Control (CCC) theory, the development of
executive function can be understood in terms of age-related increases in the maximum …

John Campbell investigates how consciousness of the world explains our ability to think
about the world. So your ability to think about objects you can see depends on your capacity …

According to the'mental time travel hypothesis' animals, unlike humans, cannot mentally
travel backwards in time to recollect specific past events (episodic memory) or forwards to …

This article examines the effects of memory loss on a patient's ability to remember the past
and imagine the future. We present the case of DB, who, as a result of hypoxic brain …

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Mechanisms that produce behavior which increase future survival chances provide an
adaptive advantage. The flexibility of human behavior is at least partly the result of one such …

Are humans alone in their ability to reminisce about the past and imagine the future? Recent
evidence suggests that food-storing birds (scrub jays) have access to information about what …

As we navigate through life we instinctively model time as having a flowing present that
divides a fixed past from open future. This model develops in childhood and is deeply …