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

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Organization address address: KINGS GATE city: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE postcode: NE1 7RU website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
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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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Organization address address: KINGS GATE city: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE postcode: NE1 7RU website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	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

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year	authors and title	journal	last update
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. â€˜Will I want these stickers tomorrow?â€™ Preschoolersâ€™ 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. â€œFirst, I will get the marbles.â€ Childrenâ€™s foresight abilities in a modified spoon task published pages: , ISSN: 0885-2014, DOI:	Cognitive Development	2019-06-13

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