The cognitive process of predicting future events, emotions, or outcomes, which is subject to systematic biases including impact bias, durability bias, and focusing illusion.
Example: Predicting how happy you'll be after getting a promotion or how sad you'll feel after a breakup, often overestimating both the intensity and duration of future emotions.
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