Thesis Supervisor: Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro

Thesis: Memory Moonlit Space and Prospection 

July 2025

Abstract

The intricate nature of memory calls for observing its complexity and impact on human experience. This study explores the perceptual fluid connection of memory, space, and imagination in forming consciousness and prospection. Memory functions through a selective process. We apply imagination to envision the past as we do to envision the future. Recollection pulls the past and plants it in the present moment. When memory recalls a past event, it returns to the original memory trace of that event rather than retrieving its most recent recollection. This process is not a reproduction but a reconstruction of the past that incorporates our present perspective and our imagination of the future.

This study further explores how individuals perceive their environments through the memories stored within those spaces. It specifically focuses on experiences and the emotions people have imprinted upon a space ahistorically. The study includes insights from scientific and philosophical discussions, using them as narrative guides instead of presenting them as facts. This approach enables a flexible exploration of ideas, where established knowledge helps clarify the intricate connections between internal cognitive processes and external realities. Furthermore, how we imagine a place changes depending on how well we can fit it into our minds. It takes a body to perceive imagination. Reality is not a faithful representation of what is out there; it is what we experience, and that experience is relatively limited, so we are constantly, by way of imagination, creating the world.

The study concludes that consciousness arises through this imaginal process, discussing a perceptual understanding of the continuous conversation between what was, what is, and what could be.

Keywords: Memory, Imagination, Prospection, Space, Consciousness, Perception.

Author: Foad Alijani