The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
And indeed there's a study that has looked at how people will invest in exercise and healthy eating. If they just think about the future and what they might be like in the future versus seeing images of themselves in the future, if they were to go down a healthy or unhealthy route.
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
And it turns out that people in that second group, simply by perceiving their own image, in the future, invested far more money into later life.
And that anchors back to immediate goal-directed behaviors, such as setting aside money for retirement. Such as investing in one's health practices.
the people who saw a version of their age self put more money away for a future retirement account than the folks that didn't
and every day I spend two or three seconds staring at Future older Ari in his 70s that's how I make better decisions today and those better decisions aren't just about putting money for retirement it's about also how do I take care you know do I floss or not