The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now

Science56.90
Volume: 322, Issue: 5905, Pages: 1201 - 1205
Published: Nov 21, 2008
Abstract
People directly experience only themselves here and now but often consider, evaluate, and plan situations that are removed in time or space, that pertain to others' experiences, and that are hypothetical rather than real. People thus transcend the present and mentally traverse temporal distance, spatial distance, social distance, and hypotheticality. We argue that this is made possible by the human capacity for abstract processing of...
Paper Details
Title
The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now
Published Date
Nov 21, 2008
Journal
Volume
322
Issue
5905
Pages
1201 - 1205
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