Securing the future by remembering the past: But just when does this past and future begin to develop?
Securing the future by remembering the past: But just when does this past and future begin to develop?
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铭记过去,确保未来:但是,过去和未来何时开始发展?
DOI:
10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.09.002
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Howe M
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Howe M
Comments on an article by Stanley B. Klein (see record 2013-42897-004). Klein suggests that at least one evolutionary pressure that led to the emergence of associative memory is the need for organisms to anticipate and plan for the future. The current zeitgeist in memory research is sympathetic with Klein’s view, particularly among those who dabble in what is known as" adaptive memory". Although perhaps a precursor to the future planning aspects of associative memory, the results do not demonstrate the sort of episodic foresight that Klein is referring to. Although there exist early precursors to episodic foresight, ones that involve an immature form of episodic memory, research has shown that for humans, at least, true future planning of the sort Klein envisages may not emerge until three years of age. As this aspect of memory emerges, there are at least four proximate mechanisms that have been identified that need to be in place for the mature functioning of episodic foresight: development of storage and retention processes; development of retrieval skills so the past that is available in storage is also accessible; age-related changes in binding so that past experiences become better integrated in associative networks and age-related improvements in executive processing like response inhibition and working memory. Together these behavioral and neurobiological developments determine the emergence of both episodic memory for the past and episodic foresight used to plan for the future. Indeed, it is because humans are animals that rely on the accumulated knowledge of our past experiences in order to imagine and plan for our future, childhood tends to be a much more protracted period than that of other animal species.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)