Editing Time preference (section)

=== Connection to future self ===
Another factor which may influence time preference is one’s connection to their future self. This means your ability to envision or share emotions with one’s future self. Therefore, if you feel more connected to your future, it may be easier to delay gratification.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McCarroll |first1=Christopher Jude |last2=Cosentino |first2=Erica |date=2020-06-01 |title=Rewarding one's Future Self: Psychological Connectedness, Episodic Prospection, and a Puzzle about Perspective |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13164-020-00460-2 |journal=Review of Philosophy and Psychology |language=en |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=449–467 |doi=10.1007/s13164-020-00460-2 |issn=1878-5166|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This theory has been tested in several ways. One study measured psychological connectedness by asking participants to rate how close they felt to their future selves. They also asked the participants to rate the connectedness of fictional characters. In both cases, those who felt more intertemporally connected were also more able to delay rewards.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bartels |first1=Daniel M. |last2=Rips |first2=Lance J. |date=2010 |title=Psychological connectedness and intertemporal choice. |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: General |language=en |volume=139 |issue=1 |pages=49–69 |doi=10.1037/a0018062 |pmid=20121312 |s2cid=14973058 |issn=1939-2222}}</ref>