Mental simulation of future possibilities: Preparing for action or protecting the self?

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<p>In this paper, we propose a dual-motive theory of how future possibilities are typically simulated and evaluated. According to this framework, people attempt to strike a balance between preparing for action (approach-based expansion) and protecting the self against threat (avoidance-based narrowing), in which the main function of future thinking is to prepare the person for action. As suggestive empirical basis...

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• Catechol O-Methyltransferase
• Emotions
• DRD1 gene
• Inhibition, Psychological
• Memory, Short-Term
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Receptors, Dopamine D1
• Receptors, Dopamine D2

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Literature Corpus work

537fcd31-ffb4-5da9-a445-2989463fa299

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/56xnm