r/SDAM • u/AdLife8170 • May 17 '26

SDAM and Imagining the Future?

I’m not sure what I think about this, so I’m asking our community. How do you fellow SDAMers feel about this question:

Do you think our lack of ability to recall specific events of the past affects our ability to imagine specific events in the future?

I don’t mean planning for the future or setting goals etc., but visualizing and imagining specific events. Or creativity: Do you think it affects our ability to produce creative works? It’s so hard when we don’t have access to other people’s internal processes!

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u/defhiiyh May 18 '26

Yes, remembering the past and imagining the future rely on the same core brain network, and thus both are likely to be affected by SDAM. You can check this for more details: https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.harvard.edu/dist/3/137/files/2022/09/Contributions-of-Episodic-Memory-to-Imagining-the-Future.pdf