Schacter Daniel L, Addis Donna Rose
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 May 12;364(1521):1245-53. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0308.
A rapidly growing number of studies indicate that imagining or simulating possible future events depends on much of the same neural machinery as does remembering past events. One especially striking finding is that the medial temporal lobe (MTL), which has long been linked to memory function, appears to be similarly engaged during future event simulation. This paper focuses on the role of two MTL regions--the hippocampus and parahippocampal cortex--in thinking about the future and building mental simulations.
越来越多的研究表明，想象或模拟未来可能发生的事件所依赖的神经机制，与回忆过去事件所依赖的神经机制在很大程度上是相同的。一个特别显著的发现是，长期以来一直与记忆功能相关的内侧颞叶（MTL），在未来事件模拟过程中似乎也同样活跃。本文重点探讨内侧颞叶的两个区域——海马体和海马旁皮质——在思考未来和构建心理模拟中的作用。
