Thinking of time as space

The parts of the brain used for thinking about space are also used for thinking about time.

• Studies reveal that people with damage to space-related brain areas also have trouble thinking about time.
• In English and many European languages, we often think of past events to the left and future events to the right. One study found that people with disrupted spatial abilities of their left side had trouble remembering past events and even confused past events for future ones.