School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, 2 Bullecourt Road, Milperra 2214, New South Wales, Australia.
Marcs Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Sydney 2751, New South Wales, Australia.
Rev Neurosci. 2018 Dec 19;30(1):85-94. doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2017-0055.
Future episodic thinking refers to the ability to imagine oneself in the future and project oneself into specific future events. This cognitive process is related to decision making and planning for the future. Although healthy populations commonly project themselves into the future (e.g. while planning a trip or career), patients with mood disorders show impairment in this ability. In this review article, we discuss the similarities and differences in future thinking among the following populations: major depressive disorder, dysphoria, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Importantly, we highlight the methodological variations in future episodic memory tasks in the literature that may explain the differences in the existing results.
未来情景思维是指想象自己置身于未来并将自己投射到特定未来事件中的能力。这个认知过程与未来决策和规划有关。尽管健康人群通常会对未来进行设想（例如，在计划旅行或职业时），但情绪障碍患者在这种能力上存在缺陷。在这篇综述文章中，我们讨论了以下人群的未来思维的异同：重度抑郁症、心境恶劣、焦虑症和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）。重要的是，我们强调了文献中未来情景记忆任务的方法学差异，这些差异可能解释了现有结果的不同。
