Autonoetic

/ˌɔːtənoʊˈɛtɪk/ adjective

Relating to the ability to mentally travel through time and imagine yourself in different situations, especially past or future experiences.

From Greek autos (self) + noesis (thinking/awareness). Coined by consciousness researcher Endel Tulving in 1985 to describe a specific type of memory and imagination tied to the sense of a continuous self.

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