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Mental time travel across the disciplines: The future looks bright

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2007

Thomas Suddendorf  and
Michael C. Corballis
Thomas Suddendorf
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, [email protected]
Michael C. Corballis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. [email protected]
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Abstract

There is a growing interest in mental time travel in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, and evolutionary psychology. Here we review current issues in each of these disciplines. To help move the debates forward we name and distinguish 15 key hypotheses about mental time travel. We argue that foresight has for too long lived in the shadows of research on memory and call for further research efforts.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 335 - 345
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