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Yaqi Yang¹, Zhiyi Chen¹, Rong Zhang¹

¹School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

Neuropsychologia

|November 13, 2019

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Episodic future thinking (EFT) involves imagining future events. Brain imaging reveals the hippocampus, putamen, insula, and amygdala are key structures supporting this crucial cognitive ability.

Keywords:

Episodic future thinking Structural neural substrates Voxel-based morphometry

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroimaging

Background:

Episodic future thinking (EFT) enables anticipating consequences, aiding decision-making.
EFT comprises scene construction (sensory-perceptual qualities) and mental time travel (autonoetic consciousness).
The neuroanatomical basis of EFT remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the neural substrates underlying episodic future thinking (EFT).
To identify specific brain structures associated with EFT's components using voxel-based morphometry (VBM).

Main Methods:

Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was applied to neuroimaging data from two independent samples (N=135 and N=59).
Gray matter (GM) volumes were correlated with scores on the EFT-sensory perceptual qualities and EFT-Autonoetic consciousness scales.

Main Results:

EFT-sensory perceptual qualities correlated positively with hippocampal and putamen GM volumes.
EFT-Autonoetic consciousness correlated positively with insula and amygdala GM volumes and negatively with medial frontal gyrus GM volume.
These correlations were validated in the second sample, predicting EFT components from respective brain region volumes.

Conclusions:

The hippocampus and putamen are crucial for EFT's scene construction and goal-directed processing.
The insula and amygdala are vital for the emotional and autonoetic aspects of EFT.
These findings elucidate the structural neural underpinnings of episodic future thinking.