The value of emotion: how does episodic prospection modulate delay discounting?

BACKGROUND: Humans often show impatience when making intertemporal choice for monetary rewards, preferring small rewards delivered immediately to larger rewards delivered after a delay, which reflects a fundamental psychological principle: delay discounting. However, we propose that episodic prospec...

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Main Authors: Lei Liu, Tingyong Feng, Jing Chen, Hong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3842935?pdf=render