Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn't exist has a long evolutionary history
- Written by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University
Your brain can imagine things that haven't happened or that don't even exist.agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images PlusYou can easily picture yourself riding a bicycle across the sky even though that’s not something that can actually happen. You can envision yourself doing something you’ve never done before – like water skiing...