?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Discovery+of+the+Fourth+Dimension%3A+Mental+time+travel+and+human+evolution&rft.creator=Suddendorf%2C+Thomas&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=This+article+considers+the+role+of+mental+time+travel+in+human+evolution.+A+central+thesis+is+that+other+primates%2C+although+having+memory+and+expectation%2C+do+not+possess+the+same+ability+to+live+in+the+past+or+in+the+future.+The+first+half+of+this+paper+argues+that+reconstructive+access+to+the+past+(i.e.+episodic+memory)+is+dependent+on+other+advanced+cognitive+capabilities+(e.g.+self-awareness+and+meta-representation)+and+focuses+on+the+results+of+recent+%60theory+of+mind'+research+in+order+to+evaluate+the+thesis.+Mental+simulation+is+the+proposed+underlying+mechanism+for+the+development+of+both+mindreading+and+mental+time+travel.+The+second+half+contrasts+flexible+awareness+of+possible+futures+with+other+forms+of+%60anticipatory+behaviour'+and+reviews+evidence+about+how+far+other+primates+may+think+ahead.+The+phylogenetic+history+of+mental+time+travel+and+its+adaptive+and+exaptive+relationships+to+other+features+are+discussed.+Mental+access+to+the+fourth+dimension+is+essential+for+many+of+the+distinctive+characteristics+of+our+species.+Appendix+A%3A+presents+the+results+of+a+survey+on+animal+foresight+Appendix+B%3A+outlines+an+experimental+paradigm+for+the+investigation+of+future-need+anticipation&rft.date=1994-01&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F729%2F1%2FTHESIS.txt&rft.identifier=++Suddendorf%2C+Thomas++(1994)+Discovery+of+the+Fourth+Dimension%3A+Mental+time+travel+and+human+evolution.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F729%2F