The effects of cueing episodic future thinking on delay discounting in children, adolescents, and adults

Burns, Patrick; Atance, Cristina M.; O’Connor, Anna; McCormack, Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104934

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“…Nevertheless, Burns et al. (2022) found that while EFT cueing did reduce discounting in a sample of 12–14‐year‐olds, cueing was not successful in a sample of 7–11 year‐olds. Significant effects of EFT cueing on delay discounting have also been found in 13–16‐year‐olds (Bromberg et al., 2017) and 9–14‐year‐olds (Daniel et al., 2015).…”

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“…Indeed, EFT cueing manipulations, in which participants imagine specific events in their futures before making a choice, have been robustly shown to enhance preference for delayed rewards in many studies with adults and adolescents (Rösch et al, 2021). Such manipulations, however, have proved unsuccessful in the small number of studies conducted with children (Burns et al, 2021(Burns et al, , 2022Canning et al, 2023).…”

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Episodic future thinking and delay of gratification in children: Is imagining reward pay‐off helpful?

Canning,

McCormack,

Clifford

et al. 2024

British J of Dev Psycho

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Previous studies have failed to show an effect of episodic future thinking (EFT) on children's delay of gratification (DoG), contrasting strikingly with adult findings. Recent findings from a sample of 8–11‐year‐old children by Canning et al. (J. Exp. Child Psychol., 228, 2023, 105618) indicate that EFT cueing is not effective compared to a no‐cue control even when it is reward related. Canning et al. suggest children's DoG performance, unlike that of adults, may be negatively affected by the cognitive load of cueing, but this leaves unexplained why EFT reward‐related cueing produced significantly better performance than cueing that did not involve EFT in their study. The current study attempted to further delineate the importance of linking future thinking cues to rewards. A reward‐related EFT condition was compared to a reward‐unrelated EFT condition and a no‐cue control on a delay choice task. No significant differences were observed between the three conditions. This suggests that even reward‐related future thinking is ineffective at improving children's delayed gratification. Further research is needed to determine why children struggle to benefit from EFT cues.

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Episodic future thinking and delay of gratification in children: Is imagining reward pay‐off helpful?

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Clifford

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British J of Dev Psycho

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“…C. Lee et al, 2012). The effect of episodic future thinking on discount rates is absent in childhood (Burns et al, 2022) but has some effect in adolescence (Burns et al, 2022;Daniel et al, 2015). This suggests that learning intentions for the long-term benefit of achieving academic goals can be promoted by educational interventions using episodic future thinking.…”

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“…This study focuses on English learning among Japanese university students. According to Burns et al (2022), episodic future thinking is effective for self-control among university students. In addition, regardless of their major, many Japanese university students are studying English.…”

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“…Further, decision‐making for long‐term benefits is important in academic work (Kirby et al, 2005), and low discount rates are associated with high learning intentions (Acuff et al, 2017; N. C. Lee et al, 2012). The effect of episodic future thinking on discount rates is absent in childhood (Burns et al, 2022) but has some effect in adolescence (Burns et al, 2022; Daniel et al, 2015). This suggests that learning intentions for the long‐term benefit of achieving academic goals can be promoted by educational interventions using episodic future thinking.…”

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The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students

Asayama,

Nagamine,

Kainuma

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Jpn Psychol Res

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We examined the effects of episodic future thinking related to achieving important learning goals on university students' learning intentions. Japanese university students (N = 70) participated in this experiment. Participants in the episodic future thinking condition were asked to imagine and describe events they would experience if they achieved their goals. In the semantic future thinking condition, we asked participants to describe their future selves after university graduation and rate the relevance of their future selves to their learning goals. Participants were then asked to respond to the learning intentions measures. Participants in the control condition responded to the measures of learning intentions after completing a questionnaire unrelated to future thinking. When the importance of goal attainment was high, participants in the episodic future thinking condition planned to study for significantly longer than those in the other conditions. Episodic future thinking related to achieving important learning goals strengthens learning intentions more than simple awareness of the future self and learning goals.

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Developmental trajectories of delay discounting from childhood to young adulthood: longitudinal associations and test-retest reliability

Klein

Collins

Luciana

2022

Cognitive Psychology

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The effects of cueing episodic future thinking on delay discounting in children, adolescents, and adults

Cited by 10 publications

References 75 publications

Episodic future thinking and delay of gratification in children: Is imagining reward pay‐off helpful?

Episodic future thinking and delay of gratification in children: Is imagining reward pay‐off helpful?

The Effect of Episodic Future Thinking on Learning Intention: Focusing on English Learning Goal‐Relevant Future Thinking in University Students

Developmental trajectories of delay discounting from childhood to young adulthood: longitudinal associations and test-retest reliability

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