Dr. Ethan Kross

And that's where this zooming out, taking this broader view, whether you do that through visual modalities, imagination modalities like mental time travel. You could time travel into the future, like I've just described. You can also go back in time.

And that's where this zooming out, taking this broader view, whether you do that through visual modalities, imagination modalities like mental time travel. You could time travel into the future, like I've just described. You can also go back in time.

And that's where this zooming out, taking this broader view, whether you do that through visual modalities, imagination modalities like mental time travel. You could time travel into the future, like I've just described. You can also go back in time.

Like I do this quite a bit when I'm struggling with some kind of adversity, I will go back in time and think of another experience in my life or someone else's life that I know of when times were even worse and they got through it. And oh, if I got through that, well... sure as heck I can get through this.

Like I do this quite a bit when I'm struggling with some kind of adversity, I will go back in time and think of another experience in my life or someone else's life that I know of when times were even worse and they got through it. And oh, if I got through that, well... sure as heck I can get through this.

Like I do this quite a bit when I'm struggling with some kind of adversity, I will go back in time and think of another experience in my life or someone else's life that I know of when times were even worse and they got through it. And oh, if I got through that, well... sure as heck I can get through this.

And so that's expanding our perception of time, our looking at that bigger picture to work through something in the present moment.

And so that's expanding our perception of time, our looking at that bigger picture to work through something in the present moment.

And so that's expanding our perception of time, our looking at that bigger picture to work through something in the present moment.

Yeah, so people have looked at this, and my memory of this wonderful paper I think was published in Science. I think the title was A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind. And basically the takeover from the article was that people spend between – well, if you look at this paper and lots of others like it, what we can deduce is that people spend between one-half and one-third of their waking hours –

Yeah, so people have looked at this, and my memory of this wonderful paper I think was published in Science. I think the title was A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind. And basically the takeover from the article was that people spend between – well, if you look at this paper and lots of others like it, what we can deduce is that people spend between one-half and one-third of their waking hours –

Yeah, so people have looked at this, and my memory of this wonderful paper I think was published in Science. I think the title was A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind. And basically the takeover from the article was that people spend between – well, if you look at this paper and lots of others like it, what we can deduce is that people spend between one-half and one-third of their waking hours –

not focused on the present. So between one half and one third of the time, we're drifting away and we're thinking about other things. And this one particular paper linked that process with thinking about things that cause you to feel worse. I think there's huge levels of variability there though. I think being lost in thought can be a wonderful experience. I love, love, love, love Mind wandering.

not focused on the present. So between one half and one third of the time, we're drifting away and we're thinking about other things. And this one particular paper linked that process with thinking about things that cause you to feel worse. I think there's huge levels of variability there though. I think being lost in thought can be a wonderful experience. I love, love, love, love Mind wandering.

not focused on the present. So between one half and one third of the time, we're drifting away and we're thinking about other things. And this one particular paper linked that process with thinking about things that cause you to feel worse. I think there's huge levels of variability there though. I think being lost in thought can be a wonderful experience. I love, love, love, love Mind wandering.

I think it's one of my strengths. It is the source of idea generation for me. It is also the source of emotion regulation. I will... One of, you know, my sleeping pill, metaphorically speaking, is... mental time travel. It's getting away from the present. It is fantasizing about the future, right?

I think it's one of my strengths. It is the source of idea generation for me. It is also the source of emotion regulation. I will... One of, you know, my sleeping pill, metaphorically speaking, is... mental time travel. It's getting away from the present. It is fantasizing about the future, right?

I think it's one of my strengths. It is the source of idea generation for me. It is also the source of emotion regulation. I will... One of, you know, my sleeping pill, metaphorically speaking, is... mental time travel. It's getting away from the present. It is fantasizing about the future, right?

Thinking about the good things that could happen, the potentialities, or going into the past and savoring some of the positive things that happen. I'm thinking about the soccer game where my kids scored goals or something good happened to someone I know or to me. And And that to me is a wonderful way of going to bed. That is mental time travel.

Thinking about the good things that could happen, the potentialities, or going into the past and savoring some of the positive things that happen. I'm thinking about the soccer game where my kids scored goals or something good happened to someone I know or to me. And And that to me is a wonderful way of going to bed. That is mental time travel.