Eskritt Michelle, Doucette Jesslyn, Robitaille Lori
J Genet Psychol. 2014 Jan-Apr;175(1-2):163-79. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2013.875886.
A number of theorists, as well as plain common sense, suggest that future-oriented thinking (FOT) should be involved in decision making; therefore, the development of FOT should be related to better quality decision making. FOT and quality of the decision making were measured in adolescents as well as adults in 2 different experiments. Though the results of the first experiment revealed an increase in quality of decision making across adolescence into adulthood, there was no relationship between FOT and decision making. In the second experiment, FOT predicted performance on a more deliberative decision-making task independent of age, but not performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Performance on the IGT was instead related to emotion regulation. The study's findings suggest that FOT can be related to reflective decision making but not necessarily decision making that is more intuitive.
一些理论家以及常理都表明，面向未来的思维（FOT）应该参与到决策过程中；因此，FOT的发展应该与更高质量的决策相关。在两项不同的实验中，对青少年和成年人的FOT以及决策质量进行了测量。尽管第一个实验的结果显示，从青少年到成年，决策质量有所提高，但FOT与决策之间没有关系。在第二个实验中，FOT预测了在一项更具深思熟虑性质的决策任务中的表现，且与年龄无关，但不能预测在爱荷华赌博任务（IGT）中的表现。相反，IGT的表现与情绪调节有关。该研究的结果表明，FOT可能与反思性决策有关，但不一定与更直观的决策有关。
