Literature Review: A Study on the Influence of Emotions on Intertemporal Decision-Making

Abstract

In recent years, with the integration and development of psychology and decision science, the research on the influence of emotions on intertemporal decision-making has increasingly emerged, forming a new academic trend. However, the current research in this field is still preliminary, and most of them focus on the revelation of phenomena, while few literatures directly analyze the complex mechanism between emotions and intertemporal decision-making. Therefore, in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the psychological basis of intertemporal decision-making, and to guide people to use and control emotions more effectively in actual situations to achieve more satisfactory decision-making results, it is necessary to further explore the relationship between emotions and intertemporal decision-making. Such research can not only enrich the connotation of intertemporal decision-making theory, but also provide more scientific guidance for emotion management. This paper summarizes the previous research on the impact of emotion on intertemporal decision-making, and finds some current research areas and shortcomings, such as the lack of investigation of complex emotions, the lack of depth of research from the cognitive process itself, and the limitations of single-point results For example, to investigate the influence of dynamic emotions, daily emotions and complex emotions on intertemporal decision-making, and to make more attempts and explorations in emotional interventions.