Episodic foresight and ageing

情景预见是指想象未来事件的能力，因此通常涉及基于假设的可能结果预测未来需求。因此，情景预见一直与独立生活和许多功能性行为联系在一起，这并不奇怪。该项目的目的是检验这样一种假设，即老龄化带来的心理变化减少了考虑到未来谨慎行事的可能性。通过推进对成年后期情景预见如何以及在何种情况下受到影响的概念性理解，拟议的研究对寻找帮助老年人保持富有成效和独立生活的方法具有重要意义。

Episodic foresight refers to the capacity to imagine future events, and consequently often involves the prediction of future needs based on hypothesised possible outcomes. It is therefore unsurprising that episodic foresight has been consistently linked to independent living and many functional behaviours. The aim of the project is to test the hypothesis that psychological changes brought about by ageing decrease the likelihood of acting prudently with the future in mind. By advancing conceptual understanding of how, and under what circumstances, episodic foresight is affected in late adulthood, the proposed research has important implications for finding ways to help older adults maintain a productive and independent life.