Hope & despair : how perceptions of the future shape human behavior / Anthony Reading.

The anatomy of expectation. The nature of hope
Predicting the future
The internal representation of the external world
The machinery of the mind. The processing of information
The role of learning and memory
The impact of consciousness
Emotion as information
A blueprint for uniqueness. The evolution of human behavior
The gift of language
The development of symbolic thought
The concept of time
The human condition. Science and religion as ways of knowing
Shared expectations
Despair
Human nature: it's about time.