Ecological Validity of Impulsive Choice: Consequences of Profitability-Based Short-Sighted Evaluation in the Producer-Scrounger Resource Competition

Results of intertemporal choice paradigm have been accounted for mostly by psychological terms such as temporal discounting of subjective value. Inability to wait for delayed gratification (choice impulsiveness, as opposed to self-control) is often taken to represent violated rationality. If viewed...

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Main Authors: Yukiko Ogura, Hidetoshi Amita, Toshiya Matsushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fams.2018.00049/full