ABSTRACT
Imagine.for.a.moment.attending.a.party.for.next.New.Years’.Eve..Take.10.s.or.so.to.generate.a. specific.mental.scene.for.this.upcoming.party..Chances.are.that.you.can.“see”.some.pretty.specific. details:.You.can.identify.some.of.the.guests,.you.envision.clothes,.and.you.can.imagine.a.configuration.of.people.intermingling.in.a.specific.setting-potentially.one.you.know.very.well..How.is.it. that.we.are.able.to.envision.the.future.in.such.a.specific.way?.That.question.forms.the.topic.of.this. chapter..Specifically,.we.examine.the.capacity.for.episodic.future.thought.(Atance.&.O’Neill,.2001). and.consider.the.possibility.that.recollection.of.the.past.is.a.fundamental.component.of.envisioning. the.future.
