Imagining Events Alternative to the Present Can Attenuate Delay Discounting
Previous studies have shown that delay discounting (DD), the tendency to prefer smaller-immediate to larger-delayed rewards, decreases following vivid imagination of future events. Here, we test the hypothesis that imagining complex events alternative to direct (perceptual) experience, whether locat...
Main Authors: | Elisa Ciaramelli, Manuela Sellitto, Giulia Tosarelli, Giuseppe di Pellegrino |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00269/full |
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