Restricting future time perspective reduces failure to act after a missed opportunity.
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SUBMITTER: Strough J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
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Restricting future time perspective reduces failure to act after a missed opportunity.
Strough JoNell J Parker Andrew M AM Bruine de Bruin Wändi W
Psychology and aging 20181025 2
Inaction inertia occurs when missing an attractive opportunity (vs. not having been offered it) decreases the likelihood of acting on another similar opportunity. We experimentally manipulated future time perspective to reduce inaction inertia. Middle-aged and older adults from the Health and Retirement Study were randomly assigned to imagining restricted or expansive time left to live, or to no instructions. Across age, imagining a restricted future (vs. the other two instructions) reduced inac ...[more]
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