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An ALE meta-analysis on the neural correlates of personal goal processing during episodic future thoughts and mind-wandering
Stawarczyk, David; D'Argembeau, Arnaud
2015Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science
 

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[en] The ability to project oneself into the future is a multi-determined mental faculty that depends on various cognitive processes supported by an extended set of brain regions. The aim of the present study was to examine a crucial component of future thinking—personal goal processing—and to determine its neural correlates during both experimentally directed mental time travel towards the future and mind-wandering, a form of spontaneous thoughts characterized by a prospective bias towards upcoming events. To address this question, we performed three distinct ALE meta-analyses of brain imaging studies on episodic future thinking, mind-wandering, and personal goal processing. We then examined the commonalities and differences in brain activity between these three areas of research. The results showed that the three domains activated a common set of brain regions within the default network including the posterior inferior parietal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, lateral temporal lobe, and, most notably, the medial prefrontal cortex. Differences in activation were also observed, and the medial prefrontal cortex was more activated during personal goal processing than the other two domains. These findings suggest that the medial prefrontal cortex mediates the processing of personal goals during both episodic future thinking and mind-wandering.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Stawarczyk, David ;  Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
An ALE meta-analysis on the neural correlates of personal goal processing during episodic future thoughts and mind-wandering
Publication date :
28 May 2015
Event name :
Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science
Event organizer :
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Event place :
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
28 mai 2015
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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