Intertemporal decision-making refers to the individual weighing and making decisions on
the value of different timelines. The completion of intertemporal decision-making requires self-control.
However, the theory of self-control resources believes that the total amount of resources is limited. The
individual ego depletion of cognitive resources will lead to the failure of personal self-control behavior.
However, there are inconsistent conclusions on the negative influence of ego depletion on decisionmaking:
it may cause individuals to make impulsive decisions; or they may lead to more conservative
decisions. And such as emotion, impulsivity, risk preference, etc. will affect intertemporal decisionmaking.