Oops, I forgot the light on! The cognitive mechanisms supporting the execution of energy saving behaviors

被引：21

作者：

Corradi, Nicola ^{[1
]}

Priftis, Konstantinos ^{[1
,2
]}

Jacucci, Giulio ^{[3
,4
]}

Gamberini, Luciano ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Padova Italy, Dept Gen Psychol, I-35131 Padua, Italy

[2] IRCCS San Camillo Hosp, Neuropsychol Lab, I-30126 Venice, Italy

[3] Aalto Univ, HIIT, Aalto 00076, Finland

[4] Univ Helsinki, Dept Comp Sci, HIIT, Helsinki 00014, Finland

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY | 2013年 / 34卷

关键词：

Household energy conservation; Cognitive failure; Executive functions; Attention; Working memory; PASAT; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLANNED BEHAVIOR; IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS; WORKING-MEMORY; TEMPORAL STABILITY; COEFFICIENT-ALPHA; OPTIMAL NUMBER; RESPONSE SETS; SOCIAL NORMS; CONSERVATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Energy conservation and related environmental issues are of increasing interest for psychological research and intervention. In the present study, we investigated the cognitive abilities that are necessary in order for people to implement energy saving behaviors in their everyday life routines. We explored the relation between sustained attention, processing speed, and working memory and the participants' involvement in cognitively effortful energy saving behaviors. Results showed that the efficiency of the aforementioned cognitive mechanisms was positively related to the frequency of saving behaviors that required monitoring, integration, and inhibition to be implemented in daily behaviors and routines. The efficiency of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie our ability to implement energy saving actions might explain part of the gap between energy saving intention and energy wasting behavior. Ergonomic design of domestic appliances - reducing the cognitive demands of energy saving behaviors' - and compensatory training of the cognitive functions moderating the execution of energy saving behaviors can contribute to reduce energy consumptions. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：88 / 96

页数：9

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