Pictures of your future self can increase savings

Intervention · Financial Products

How an old image of yourself drive behavior towards savings

Intervention Description

Indiviuals were exposed to images of themselves as a much older person, using a variety of technologies. Participants were offered a hypothetical sum of money and given a choice of how to use it. Those exposed to aged images of themselves allocated more to retirement savings than other options.

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