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Where does foresight collide?

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foresight2 CONSTRUCTSStrategic foresightMARTIN · PRIORITY-SETTINGForesight (prospection)SUDDENDORF & CORBALLIS · MENTAL TIME TRAVEL

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Futures studies & policy

Systematic anticipation to guide choices today

In futures studies and science-and-technology policy, foresight is a systematic, often participatory process of looking ahead to identify emerging developments and priorities and to shape present decisions, typically through horizon scanning, scenarios, Delphi panels, and expert consultation. Martin's 1995 Foresight in science and technology set out the activity and its use in research priority-setting. The referent is an organised anticipatory practice carried out by institutions, not a staff reading in a level survey nor an individual's imagined future.[1]

Unit
A structured anticipation of future developments to inform present priorities
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Conducted through horizon scanning, scenario building, Delphi surveys, and expert workshops

Cognitive psychology

Imagining and planning for one's own future

In cognitive psychology, foresight is the capacity to imagine and mentally pre-experience events that have not yet happened, a form of mental time travel that lets an individual plan and prepare for situations not physically present. Suddendorf and Corballis's 2007 The evolution of foresight: What is mental time travel, and is it unique to humans? analysed this ability and debated whether it is uniquely human. The referent is an individual cognitive capacity of the mind, unrelated to a level reading or an institutional scanning exercise beyond the shared meaning of looking ahead.[2]

Unit
The ability to simulate and prepare for personally future events
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Probed with episodic future-thinking tasks, delay-of-gratification paradigms, and planning tasks

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References

  1. Martin, B. R. (1995). Foresight in science and technology. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 7(2), 139–168. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537329508524202
  2. Suddendorf, T., & Corballis, M. C. (2007). The evolution of foresight: What is mental time travel, and is it unique to humans? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(3), 299–313. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07001975

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