// Future thinking, emotional music. /

[aaangyl]

Scheduled for advance online publication Jan. 1 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study sheds new light on how the human mind relies on the vivid recollection of past experiences to prepare itself for future challenges, suggesting that envisioning the future may be a critical prerequisite for many higher-level planning

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[winterknight]

That's really interesting. When I was a kid in Enrichment, we spent a huge amount of time on brainstorming and planning and 'future scenarios' in which we were taught to, given present knowledge, project ourselves into the future, observe it, describe it in detail, make a report on it, and try to come up with contingencies to put in place now to avoid problems then.