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Future You

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The Future Self Looks Like Another Person

Researchers asked participants to think about who they are right now. They then asked them the same questions about two people they could picture in their minds. One section of the brain lit up when people were asked about themselves, and a different part lit up when they were asked about Matt Damon or Natalie Portman. In the brain, the future self looks like another person - just as previous research had shown.

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