Max Planck Research Group - Adaptive
Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan;41:e3. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1700125X.
The episodic memory system allows us to experience the emotions of past, counterfactual, and prospective events. We outline how this phenomenological experience can convey motivational incentives for farsighted decisions. In this way, we challenge important arguments for Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) conclusion that future-oriented mental time travel is unlikely to be a central function of episodic memory.
情景记忆系统使我们能够体验过去、反事实和预期事件的情绪。我们概述了这种现象学体验如何为前瞻性决策传达动机激励。通过这种方式，我们挑战了 Mahr 和 Csibra（M&C）的结论的重要论点，即面向未来的心理时间旅行不太可能是情景记忆的核心功能。
