APS
31st APS Annual Convention
Imagine All the People: How Social Imagination Changes the Way We View Ourselves, Empathize with Others, and Predict the Future of Society
People readily imagine or simulate events that involve others, yet strikingly little is known about the social nature and consequences of imagination. This symposium integrates findings across cognitive, affective, social, and clinical labs, revealing how imagining other people changes the way individuals view themselves, others, and the future of society.
Chairs & Discussants
- Brendan GaesserChair
State University of New York at Albany
Presentations
- Simulating Others Changes Self-KnowledgeDiana Tamir, Meghan Meyer, Zidong Zhao, Sasha Brietzke
- Episodic Simulation and Intergroup Empathy: Setting the Stage for Empathic ProcessingMarius Vollberg, Brendan Gaesser, Mina Cikara
- Episodic Simulation and Empathy in Older Adults and People with Medial Temporal Lobe LesionsCaspian Sawczak, Mary Pat McAndrews, Brendan Gaesser, Morris Moscovitch
- From Me to We: Toward an Understanding of Valence-Based Dissociations in Personal and Collective Future ThinkingKarl Szpunar
