Imagining the future self through thought experiments.
Imagining the future self through thought experiments.
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通过思想实验想象未来的自己。
DOI：
10.1016/j.tics.2023.01.005
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
19.9
通讯作者：
Miyamoto K
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作者：
Miyamoto K
头脑将不存在的东西概念化的能力是必不可少的。它使我们能够反事实地推理，如果事件以不同的方式展开，或者采取另一种行动，可能会发生什么。它允许我们在行动之前思考可能发生的事情--进行“Gedankenexperimente”（思想实验）。然而，调节这种能力的认知和神经机制却知之甚少。我们认为，额极皮层（FPC）跟踪并评估替代选择（我们可能已经做了什么），而前外侧前额叶皮层（alPFC）比较可能的未来情景（我们可能会做什么）的模拟并评估其奖励值。这些大脑区域共同支持虚拟场景的构建。
The ability of the mind to conceptualize what is not present is essential. It allows us to reason counterfactually about what might have happened had events unfolded differently or had another course of action been taken. It allows us to think about what might happen – to perform 'Gedankenexperimente' (thought experiments) – before we act. However, the cognitive and neural mechanisms mediating this ability are poorly understood. We suggest that the frontopolar cortex (FPC) keeps track of and evaluates alternative choices (what we might have done), whereas the anterior lateral prefrontal cortex (alPFC) compares simulations of possible future scenarios (what we might do) and evaluates their reward values. Together, these brain regions support the construction of suppositional scenarios.