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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel a.k.a. chronesthesia resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel a.k.a. chronesthesia resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
Thinking of the past or future causes us to sway backward or forward. | Tomorrow Museum 2010
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel (a.k.a. chronesthesia) resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel (a.k.a. chronesthesia) resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel (a.k.a. chronesthesia) resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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These findings suggest that chronesthesia may be grounded in processes that link spatial and temporal metaphors (future-forward, past-backward) to our systems of perception and action, said an Aberdeen release.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel (a.k.a. chronesthesia) resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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The researchers found that thinking about past or future events can literally move us: Engaging in mental time travel (a.k.a. chronesthesia) resulted in physical movements corresponding to the metaphorical direction of time.
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a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggest that chronesthesia may be grounded in processes that link spatial and temporal metaphors (e.g., future = forward, past = backward) to our systems of perception and action.
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