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The original study (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.0202...) is not recent as the article kicks off with; it was Received: 14 January 2018; Accepted: 02 October 2018; Published: 02 November 2018.

Also, this seems to be observed only in those "who have low trait self-control".

Adjusting the title for those two points may be more helpful.

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In the scope of research, that's super recent - it probably took the authors 2 years or more to conduct the research they described.

Of course, anything could be adjusted for recency if you adjust the scope. However, if you read new research everyday, that's far from recent.

As for the probable 2 years period, it doesn't look like it is the case in the paper; "Seventy one full-time employees participated [...] Participants completed a one-shot general electronic questionnaire"

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