Schacter Daniel L, Kalinowski Sarah E, Wilson Jenna M
Department of Psychology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, United States.
Cereb Cortex. 2025 Jan 8;35(1):77-83. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae388.
LeDoux's work on the emotional brain has had broad impact in neuroscience and psychology. Here, we discuss an aspect of the emotional brain that we have examined in our laboratory during the past two decades: emotional future simulations or constructed mental representations of positive and negative future experiences. Specifically, we consider research concerning (i) neural correlates of emotional future simulations, (ii) how emotional future simulations impact subsequent cognition and memory, (iii) the role of emotional future simulations in worry and anxiety, and (iv) individual differences in emotional future simulation related to narcissistic grandiosity. The intersection of emotion and future simulation is closely linked to some of LeDoux's primary scientific concerns.
勒杜关于情绪大脑的研究在神经科学和心理学领域产生了广泛影响。在此,我们将探讨情绪大脑的一个方面,这是我们在过去二十年里在实验室中研究的内容:情绪未来模拟,即对积极和消极未来经历构建的心理表征。具体而言,我们将考虑以下方面的研究:(i)情绪未来模拟的神经关联;(ii)情绪未来模拟如何影响后续的认知和记忆;(iii)情绪未来模拟在担忧和焦虑中的作用;以及(iv)与自恋式夸大相关的情绪未来模拟中的个体差异。情绪与未来模拟的交叉点与勒杜的一些主要科学关注点密切相关。