Mental time travel sickness and a Bayesian remedy

Jay Hegdé

doi:10.1017/S0140525X07002099

Mental time travel sickness and a Bayesian remedy

Jay Hegdé

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Abstract

Mental time travel is a principled, but a narrow and computationally limiting, implementation of foresight. Future events can be predicted with sufficient specificity without having to have episodic memory of specific past events. Bayesian estimation theory provides a framework by which one can make predictions about specific future events by combining information about various generic patterns in the past experience.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	323-324
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07002099
State	Published - Jun 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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