I found an interesting article over at The Daily Galaxy on how the mind is a virtual time traveler.
The human mind can move through time from past to present or present or past to future and in any gear. Our ability to imagine future events is a recent evolutionary development, and unparalleled in the animal kingdom. “We are a race of time travelers,” Gilbert says “unfettered by chronology and capable of visiting the future or revisiting the past whenever we wish.
Read the full article: Homo Sapiens -The “Time Travelers” -A Galaxy Insight