Impaired ability to imagine future pleasant events is associated with apathy in schizophrenia
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Impaired ability to imagine future pleasant events is associated with apathy in schizophrenia.
Recent research has established that schizophrenia patients have difficulties envisioning the future. Although mental simulations have a clear adaptive value, little is known about the function of simulating future episodes, particularly emotional events. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between apathy and future projection in schizophrenia. Twenty-five schizophrenia patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.016