Simulating the Future
Organisms remember the past so they can predict the future.
- Daniel Gilbert and Timothy Wilson
past memories create future simulations
(p. 139)
perhaps the main role of the episodic memory system is not to remember the past but to enable people to simulate possible future scenarios to help anticipate future needs and guide future behavior. After all, although the future hasn’t happened yet, it will be happening pretty soon!
(p. 140)
⇒ See memory processing
⇒ Episodic Memory
Memories become a tool for prediction
see also
True Synapses and False Memories
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Erstellt: 11-05-22 07:16