Journal
NEURON
Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 677-694Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.11.001
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- National Institute on Aging [AG08441]
- National Institute of Mental Health [MH060941]
- Marsden Fund
- Rutherford Discovery Fellowship Scheme
- Wellcome Trust
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During the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in research examining the role of memory in imagination and future thinking. This work has revealed striking similarities between remembering the past and imagining or simulating the future, including the finding that a common brain network underlies both memory and imagination. Here, we discuss a number of key points that have emerged during recent years, focusing in particular on the importance of distinguishing between temporal and nontemporal factors in analyses of memory and imagination, the nature of differences between remembering the past and imagining the future, the identification of component processes that comprise the default network supporting memory-based simulations, and the finding that this network can couple flexibly with other networks to support complex goal-directed simulations. This growing area of research has broadened our conception of memory by highlighting the many ways in which memory supports adaptive functioning.
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