The effect of future self-continuity on delaying immediate gratification. A virtual reality experiment | Zendy

Valeria Faralla | Zendy; Alessandro Innocenti | Zendy; Stefano Baraldi | Zendy; Luca Lusuardi | Zendy; Maurizio Masini | Zendy; Vincenzo Santalucia | Zendy; Diletta Scaruffi | Zendy; Matteo Sirizzotti | Zendy

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The effect of future self-continuity on delaying immediate gratification. A virtual reality experiment

Author(s) -

Valeria Faralla,

Alessandro Innocenti,

Stefano Baraldi,

Luca Lusuardi,

Maurizio Masini,

Vincenzo Santalucia,

Diletta Scaruffi,

Matteo Sirizzotti

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

european conference on cognitive ergonomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1145/3452853.3452893

Subject(s) - gratification , social connectedness , virtual reality , computer science , psychology , virtual machine , cognitive psychology , human–computer interaction , social psychology , operating system

Empirical evidence shows that individuals have present-biased preferences, namely they put more weight on the present than on the future and their preferences are dynamically inconsistent. The lack of connectedness to the future self was proposed by Parfit (1971) as a possible explanation of this behavior. In our experiment we study the effect of experiencing future self-continuity in a CAVE automatic virtual environment on delaying immediate gratification. Participants choose between sooner or later monetary options and we find that they decide to differ with higher probability after virtual reality exposure.

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