Collaboratively imagining the future can bring people closer together in the present

From job interviews to first dates to family reunions, people often think about future events that involve others. [...]research has helped psychologists understand the central role that other people and social dynamics can play in an individual’s imagination, and how imagined experiences can affect...

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Published inThe Conversation U.S
Main Authors Fowler, Zoë, O'Connor, Brendan Bo
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston The Conversation US, Inc 19.09.2024
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Collaboration
Imagination
Loneliness
Psychologists
Psychology
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Summary:From job interviews to first dates to family reunions, people often think about future events that involve others. [...]research has helped psychologists understand the central role that other people and social dynamics can play in an individual’s imagination, and how imagined experiences can affect people’s social lives. Could co-imagination be a particularly powerful way to work toward relationship-focused goals, making it possible for relationship partners to co-create a shared vision of what pursuing and accomplishing a given goal might involve?