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Future Self Bias

Future Self Bias is a cognitive bias characterized by the tendency to overestimate the extent to which one’s future self will prioritize long-term goals over immediate temptations, reflecting a disconnect between present decisions and anticipated future preferences.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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My future is brighter than yours: the positivity bias in episodic future thinking and future self-images

Sinué Salgado, Dorthe Berntsen · Psychological Research · 2019 · 60 citations · Full text

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Optimism and Wishful Thinking: Consistency Across Populations in Children’s Expectations for the Future

Christi Bamford, Kristin Hansen Lagattuta · Child Development · 2019 · 29 citations

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Identity in adolescence: Present and future self-concepts

John Coleman, Joe Herzberg, Marcelle Morris · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 1977 · 27 citations

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Fearing the Future? Future-Oriented Thought Produces Aversion to Risky Investments, Trust, and Immorality

Andrew E. Monroe, Sarah E. Ainsworth, Kathleen D. Vohs et al. · Social Cognition · 2017 · 22 citations

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Commitment and partial naïveté: Early withdrawal penalties on retirement accounts

Torben M. Andersen, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Pan Liu · Journal of Mathematical Economics · 2023 · 17 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Sinué Salgado

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    1 publications · 60 citations

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  2. JH
    Joe Herzberg

    Guy's Hospital, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. AE
    Andrew E. Monroe

    Brown University, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. MM
    Marcelle Morris

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  5. KD
    Kathleen D. Vohs

    University of Minnesota, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

8

  1. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    120 citations

  2. Aarhus Business College

    Viby, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  3. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  5. Appalachian State University

    Boone, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  6. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. Jacksonville University

    Jacksonville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  8. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Cognition

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  2. Psychological Research

    1 publications · 60 citations

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  3. Journal of Youth and Adolescence

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. Child Development

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  5. Journal of Mathematical Economics

    1 publications · 17 citations

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