Optimism starts with what may be the most extraordinary of human talents: mental time travel, the ability to move back and forth through time and space in one's mind.

乐观主义可能起始于最卓绝的人类天份：精神的时间旅行——在头脑中沿时间和空间向前向后移动的能力。

youdao

While mental time travel has clear survival advantages, conscious foresight came to humans at an enormous price - the understanding that somewhere in the future, death awaits.

如果说精神的时间旅行有着显而易见的生存优势，人类却为有意识的前瞻付出高昂的代价——对死亡终将降临的认知。

youdao

Because mental time is a product of the human brain and differs from the external time that is measured by clocks and calendars, scientists also call this time "subjective time."

由于心理时间是人类大脑的产物，不同于由时钟和日历度量的外部时间，因此科学家们还将其称为“主观时间”。

youdao

It's a good long time till any kind of mental processing occurs at all.

这离精神活动的发生还有好一段时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Philosophers and psychologists knew for a long time that getting smacked in the head could change your mental faculties; that diseases like syphilis could make you deranged; that chemicals like caffeine and alcohol can affect how you think.

哲学家和心理学家在很久以前便知道,头部受到重创,会改变你的心理官能,像梅毒这样的疾病可以让你精神错乱,像咖啡因和酒精这样的化学药品,可以影响到你的思维

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He said this disorder meant Farrow was suffering from an abnormality of mental function at the time of killing Mr Suddards.

BBC: Betty Yates and the Reverend John Suddards

But on Monday, Gov. Ronnie Musgrove granted a temporary reprieve for Foster, citing concerns about his age and mental competency at the time of crime.

CNN: Malvo likely won't be part of campaign to end juvenile death penalty

Kuck told police he had seen Loughner's mental state deteriorate over time, starting with drinking problems in high school, trouble with authorities and being kicked out of college.

NPR: Records Provide New Look At Ariz. Shooting Spree