When we remember our past selves, they seem quite different. We know how much our personalities and tastes have changed over the years. But when we look ahead, somehow we expect ourselves to stay the same, according to a team of psychologists, describing research they conducted of people’s self-perceptions. Daniel T. Gilbert, professor of psychology at FAS and Jordi Quoidbach, postdoctoral fellow in psychology at FAS, were two of the authors.
