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The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now

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Liberman, Nira, Trope, Yaacov·2008·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1161958
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People directly experience only themselves here and now but often consider, evaluate, and plan situations that are removed in time or space, that pertain to others' experiences, and that are hypothetical rather than real. People thus transcend the present and mentally traverse temporal distance, spatial distance, social distance, and hypotheticality. We argue that this is made possible by the human capacity for abstract processing of information. We review research showing that there is considerable similarity in the way people mentally traverse different distances, that the process of abstraction underlies traversing different distances, and that this process guides the way people predict, evaluate, and plan near and distant situations.

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Authors
Liberman, N., & Trope, Y.
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2008-11-21
Volume
322
Issue
5905
Pages
1201-1205
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1161958
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1,264
References
12
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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