University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2019 Apr;26:72-75. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.06.004. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
People often have difficulty making decisions that maximize well-being over time, and researchers have explored various reasons for why such poor intertemporal' decision-making may arise. In this article, I review a body of work that has focused on how the relationship between current and future selves may influence judgments and decisions. Namely, I spotlight research suggesting that the future self is often thought of as another person and how feelings about this other' person impact decisions across domains. I then review two insights gleaned from this research: in order to positively modify long-term decision-making, interventions may wish to focus on (1) strengthening the felt bond between current and future selves, or (2) reducing the subjective pain of sacrifices made by the current self. I close with several questions future research may wish to address.
人们在做出能够使幸福感最大化的长期决策时往往存在困难，研究人员已经探索了导致这种糟糕的“跨期”决策的各种原因。在本文中，我回顾了一系列关注当前自我和未来自我之间的关系如何影响判断和决策的工作。具体来说，我重点介绍了一些研究，这些研究表明，未来自我通常被视为另一个人，以及对这个人的感受如何影响各个领域的决策。然后，我回顾了从这项研究中得出的两个见解：为了积极地改善长期决策，干预措施可能希望（1）加强当前自我和未来自我之间的情感联系，或（2）减少当前自我做出牺牲所带来的主观痛苦。最后，我提出了未来研究可能希望解决的几个问题。
