It seems like an extension of memory and map-making to me. And so many animals behave according to some map: squirrels and dogs digging up stored food; birds migrating; any animal that hunts or fights; any animal that brings food back to kids in a nest. All these actions require comparison of current sensory data against an ideal or memory of some benefit. The comparison requires some kind of model-forming/holding.

Now I write it out like this, it almost seems that the more interesting questions lie not in “can they do it” and more in “why do people have variations of ability; why does it stay active during sleep?