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It’s just a few days into the new year. How are you doing on your resolutions? Wait: Have you even started on them yet? 新的一年刚过去几天，你的新年计划完成得如何？等等：你开始实施这些计划了吗？ Recognizing that the hardest part of many tasks is beginning them at all, two researchers have sought to determine whether certain outside cues can jump-start us toward reaching our goals. Such cues, which manipulate our perception of time, are simple yet effective, according to a recent article in the Journal of Consumer Research. 由于认识到对于许多任务，最困难的部分就是开始执行，两名研究人员试图确定，一些外部提示能否快速启动我们的计划，让我们向着目标迈进。根据《消费者研究学刊》(The Journal of Consumer Research)最近的一篇文章，这种提示能够操控我们对时间的感知，简单、有效。 In one study, conducted in 2010, the researchers asked two groups of farmers in India to set up a bank account and accumulate a certain amount of money by a deadline, offering extra money as an incentive. One group was approached in June, with a deadline of December that year. The second group was approached in July with a deadline of January the next year. 在2010年的一项研究中，研究人员让印度的两组农民开设一个银行账户，并在截止日期之前积攒一定的资金，而且还给他们提供了额外的资金作为奖励。研究人员于6月找到其中一组农民，给他们设定的截止日期是当年12月，又于7月找到另一组人，给他们设定的截止日期是次年1月。 | 
