Exploring the Links between Neuroscience and Foresight.

This paper explores the connections between neurology andforesight in a cross-disciplinary discussion of how humans are able to imagine possible futures. Episodic foresight is identified as the primary neural mechanism that enables humans to construct images of the futures, providing explanatory power to further define and understand the processes that are invoked in futures studies andforesight activities. A top-levelframework for making explicit these processes is provided, identifying brain functions, openness to experience and temporal preferences as the primary processes that inform construction of new images. The paper provides a new perspective on the design of Futures Studies and Foresight processes and deepens our understanding of the nature of those processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]