University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University Hospital Zurich, Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland.
Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 May;299:113845. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113845. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Metaphorically, the future can be perceived as approaching us (time-moving metaphor) or as being approached by us (ego-moving metaphor). Also, in line with findings that our eyes look more up when thinking about the future than the past, the future's location can be conceptualized in upwards terms. Eye movements were recorded in 19 participants with PTSD and 20 healthy controls. Participants with PTSD showed downward and healthy controls upward eye movements while processing an ego/time-moving ambiguous phrase, suggesting a passive (time-moving) outlook toward the future. If replicated, our findings may have implications for the conceptualization and treatment of PTSD.
从隐喻的角度来看，未来可以被视为向我们逼近（时间移动隐喻），也可以被视为我们在向其逼近（自我移动隐喻）。此外，与我们的眼睛在思考未来时比思考过去时更多地向上看的发现一致，未来的位置可以用向上的术语来概念化。在 19 名创伤后应激障碍患者和 20 名健康对照组参与者中记录了眼动。在处理自我/时间移动的模糊短语时，创伤后应激障碍患者表现出向下的眼动，而健康对照组表现出向上的眼动，这表明他们对未来持被动（时间移动）的态度。如果得到复制，我们的发现可能对创伤后应激障碍的概念化和治疗具有意义。
