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La psicología de trascender el aquí y ahora
1Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Post Office Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. niralib@post.tau.ac.il
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 22, 2008
Resumen
El pensamiento humano abstracto nos permite viajar mentalmente más allá de nuestras experiencias inmediatas en el tiempo, el espacio y los contextos sociales. Esta capacidad cognitiva es clave para predecir, evaluar y planificar diversas situaciones.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología Cognitiva Psicología cognitiva.
- Psicología social Psicología social.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los seres humanos a menudo se involucran con situaciones más allá de su presente inmediato, incluidos eventos pasados / futuros, perspectivas de otras personas y escenarios hipotéticos.
- Esta capacidad de trascender el "aquí y ahora" sugiere un mecanismo cognitivo para el viaje mental en el tiempo y la toma de perspectiva.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los mecanismos cognitivos que permiten a los humanos atravesar mentalmente distancias temporales, espaciales, sociales y hipotéticas.
- Explorar el papel del procesamiento abstracto de la información en esta trascendencia de la experiencia inmediata.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la investigación psicológica existente sobre el recorrido mental de distancias.
- Análisis de estudios que examinan similitudes en el procesamiento a través de diferentes tipos de distancias (temporales, espaciales, sociales, hipotéticas).
Principales resultados:
- Existe una superposición significativa en la forma en que los individuos navegan mentalmente varias distancias.
- El procesamiento de información abstracta se identifica como el mecanismo central subyacente a la travesía de estas diferentes distancias.
- Esta capacidad de procesamiento abstracto influye en la predicción, evaluación y planificación de situaciones cercanas y lejanas.
Conclusiones:
- La capacidad humana para el pensamiento abstracto es fundamental para trascender la experiencia inmediata.
- Comprender el procesamiento abstracto proporciona información sobre la predicción, la evaluación y la planificación en diversos contextos.
- Esta facultad cognitiva permite un compromiso flexible y adaptativo con una amplia gama de situaciones.
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