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What happens when our minds wander?

All In The Mind

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The Role of Memory in preparing for the Future

This chapter explores how memory is not only for remembering the past, but also for generating predictions and minimizing uncertainty in our environment. It discusses how our memories serve as building blocks for imagining future scenarios and how our brain can simulate possible alternatives and store them as imagined memories for future encounters.

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