“…Conversely, results from Study 6 indicated that participants exhibited greater conflict when choosing delayed-but-greater revenge, which indicates the recruitment of some self-regulatory processes. The presence of greater conflict during such decisions supports a growing perspective in which (delayed) revenge is likely the result of greater deliberative self-regulation rather than simple impulses (Book, Volk, Holden, & D'Agata, 2019;Lasko, Chester, Martelli, West, & DeWall, 2019). Typically, self-control allows people to choose less severe aggression (e.g., Denson et al, 2012).…”