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Published on: February 23, 2024
Using foresight to prioritise the present
Adam Bulley1, Gillian Pepper2, Thomas Suddendorf1
1School of Psychology,The University of Queensland,St Lucia,QLD 4067,Australiaadam.bulley@uqconnect.edu.aut.suddendorf@psy.uq.edu.auhttps://www.psy.uq.edu.au/directory/index.html?id=2472https://www.psy.uq.edu.au/directory/index.html?id=39.
Abstract:
Planning for the future may encourage apparently "impulsive" behaviour when the future is anticipated to be bleak. Thus, a seeming failure of self-control in reactive violence could be caused not by a disinclination to plan ahead, but by virtue of this ability. Furthermore, we point to empirical and theoretical shortcomings in the authors' case, such as a failure to distinguish proximate and ultimate explanations.
