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How does future thinking work? Uncovering its evolutionary and developmental origins

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UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 

Organization address
address: KINGS GATE
city: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
postcode: NE1 7RU
website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/

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 Coordinator Country United Kingdom [UK]
 Project website http://www.ncl.ac.uk
 Total cost 183˙454 €
 EC max contribution 183˙454 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2014
 Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST
 Starting year 2015
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2015-09-01   to  2017-08-31

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1    UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE UK (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) coordinator 183˙454.00

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 Project objective

Time is always moving forward. However, humans can remember past events (e.g., our last holiday), and imagine and plan for events that have not happened (e.g., our next job interview); that is, we can mentally travel back into our past (i.e., episodic memory) and our future (i.e., future thinking). Having a comprehensive picture of this capacity involves not only studying Mental Time Travel (MTT) in humans but also in non-human animals. Due to conceptual and methodological limitations, the field of MTT is still in its infancy. Comparative and interdisciplinary studies—involving more than one animal species— are needed to understand the evolution and development of this capacity. I aim to address this issue by developing two novel empirical approaches to test how non-human primates (chimpanzees), corvids (rooks) and human children use information about past events to think and imagine future events. The results of this research will provide crucial insights for theories of cognitive development (e.g., the relation between theory of mind, executive functioning and mental time travel) and human evolution (e.g., the role of mental time travel in humanity’s ability to build upon knowledge or skills generation after generation). In this sense, broadening my theoretical background and acquiring new methodological skills (e.g., testing new animal species)—as I plan to do during this fellowship—will be of crucial importance for me to further develop my career.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
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2016 Martin-Ordas, G.
With the future in mind: towards a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of future thinking
published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
2019-06-13
2017 Martin-Ordas G; a Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience , Newcastle University , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK.; b Department of Psychology , University of Stirling , Stirling , UK.; c School of Psychology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Canada. Atance CM; c School of Psychology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Canada. Caza J; c School of Psychology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Canada.
Did the popsicle melt? Preschoolers\' performance in an episodic-like memory task
published pages: , ISSN: 0965-8211, DOI:
Memory 2019-06-13
2017 Martin-Ordas, G.
‘Will I want these stickers tomorrow?’ Preschoolers’ ability to predict current and future needs
published pages: , ISSN: 0261-510X, DOI:
British Journal of Developmental Psychology 2019-06-13
2017 Martin-Ordas, G.
“First, I will get the marbles.” Children’s foresight abilities in a modified spoon task
published pages: , ISSN: 0885-2014, DOI:
Cognitive Development 2019-06-13

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