Okay, so the article title is "
Time Travel in the Brain", but I prefer my title. It's from TIME, and is something I think is very interesting.
Basically, it talks about two sections of the human brain. One that's active when we're actively thinking (I.E., in the here and now), and the other that's extreemely active when we're "Idle". It's this "Idle" thought, according to the article, that allows us to think to our past experiences, and also to our possible futures, so that we can learn from experience without having to repeadly experience said...experience (I have such a way with words). It also allows us to learn from experiences we never had. Example from article:
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(page 2) ...and our ability to simulate future courses of action and preview their consequences enables us to learn from mistakes without making them. We don't need to bake a liver cupcake to find out that it is a stunningly bad idea; simply imagining it is punishment enough.
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Neat stuff...at least, I thought it was.
Edit: Woops, forgot the linkie. Corrected.
Edit #2: This thread was meant for the Gen Sci section, as that's where I was when I clicked "new thread". Somehow it ended up here. Move it if you wish, or keep it here.