In Brain Waves, Scientists See Neurons Juggle Possible Futures.
“When the brain is considering multiple courses of action, it can represent them as rapidly alternating signals that align with individual cycles of certain brain waves. That process packages the scenarios together but also keeps them distinct.”
Constant Sub-second Cycling between Representations of Possible Futures in the Hippocampus
“Cognitive faculties such as imagination, planning, and decision-making entail the ability to represent hypothetical experience. Crucially, animal behavior in natural settings implies that the brain can represent hypothetical future experience not only quickly but also constantly over time, as external events continually unfold.”