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  • 12 - The Evolution of Episodic Cognition

  • Edited by Bennett L. Schwartz, Florida International University, Michael J. Beran, Georgia State University
  • Book:
    Primate Cognitive Studies
    Published online:
    28 July 2022
    Print publication:
    11 August 2022, pp 291-313

  • Summary

    Mental time travel involves remembering personal past events (i.e., episodic memory) and thinking about future ones (i.e., future thinking). Despite empirical evidence showing that animals might be capable of mental time travel, some still remain skeptical about this issue. The aim in this chapter will be to reflect on the concept of episodic memory and future thinking as well as on the experimental approaches used in comparative psychology to study these abilities. A critical analysis of both the conceptualization of mental time travel and the experimental paradigms will be provided. I will finish by questioning the extent to which the sense of past has been addressed in this type of research and by suggesting lines of future research.