Handbook of imagination and mental simulation

Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Overview......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 16
Section I: The Mental Simulation of Action and Behavior......Page 19
Chapter 1. Action Representation and Its Role in Social Interaction......Page 21
Chapter 2. Expertise and the Mental Simulation of Action......Page 39
Chapter 3. Mental Imagery and Implicit Memory......Page 53
Chapter 4. “Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image”: The Distance Dependence of Representation......Page 71
Chapter 5. Implementation Intentions: The Mental Representations and Cognitive Procedures of If-Then Planning......Page 87
Section II: Mental Simulation and Memory......Page 105
Chapter 6. False Memories: The Role of Plausibility and Autobiographical Belief......Page 107
Chapter 7. Hypnosis and Memory: From Bernheim to the Present......Page 121
Chapter 8. Episodic Future Thought: Remembering the Past to Imagine the Future......Page 137
Chapter 9. Temporally Asymmetric Constraints on Mental Simulation: Retrospection Is More Constrained Than Prospection......Page 149
Section III: Counterfactual Thinking: Simulating the Past......Page 167
Chapter 10. Cognitive Processes in Counterfactual Thinking......Page 169
Chapter 11. The Counterfactual Mind-Set: A Decade of Research......Page 179
Chapter 12. Counterfactual Thinking: Function and Dysfunction......Page 193
Section IV: Alternatives and Alternate Selves......Page 213
Chapter 13. It’s Hard to Imagine: Mental Simulation, Metacognitive Experiences, and the Success of Debiasing......Page 215
Chapter 14. Children’s Imaginary Companions: What Is It Like to Have an Invisible Friend?......Page 229
Chapter 15. Daydreaming and Fantasizing: Thought Flow and Motivation......Page 243
Chapter 16. Simulated Worlds: Transportation Into Narratives......Page 259
Section V: Perspective Taking: Simulating Other Minds......Page 273
Chapter 17. The Happiness of the Fish: Evidence for a Common Theory of One’s Own and Others’ Actions......Page 275
Chapter 18. Two Forms of Perspective Taking: Imagining How Another Feels and Imagining How You Would Feel......Page 285
Chapter 19. Making It Up and Making Do: Simulation, Imagination, and Empathic Accuracy......Page 299
Chapter 20. Perspective Taking: Misstepping Into Others’ Shoes......Page 313
Section VI: Simulating and Preparing for the Future......Page 329
Chapter 21. Imagining a Rosy Future: The Psychology of Optimism......Page 331
Chapter 22. On the Excessive Rationality of the Emotional Imagination: A Two-Systems Account of Affective Forecasts and Experiences......Page 349
Chapter 23. Subjective Proximity of Future Selves: Implications for Current Identity, Future Appraisal, and Goal Pursuit Motivation......Page 365
Chapter 24. Seeing the Links Among the Personal Past, Present, and Future: How Imagery Perspective in Mental Simulation Functions in Defining the Temporally Extended Self......Page 377
Chapter 25. Possible Selves: From Content to Process......Page 391
Chapter 26. Mental Contrasting of the Future and Reality to Master Negative Feedback......Page 413
Chapter 27. On the Consequences of Mentally Simulating Future Foregone Outcomes: A Regret Regulation Perspective......Page 431
Chapter 28. Preparedness, Mental Simulations, and Future Outlooks......Page 443
Author Index......Page 459
Subject Index......Page 483
Back cover......Page 495