Using foresight to prioritise the present

Adam Bulley; Gillian Pepper; Thomas Suddendorf

doi:10.1017/S0140525X16000996

Using foresight to prioritise the present

Adam Bulley^*, Gillian Pepper, Thomas Suddendorf

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e79
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	40
Early online date	11 May 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16000996
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2017
Externally published	Yes

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