Better, Not Just More—Contrast in Qualitative Aspects of Reward Facilitates Impulse Control in Pigs

Delay-of-gratification paradigms, such as the famous “Marshmallow Test,” are designed to investigate the complex cognitive concepts of self-control and impulse control in humans and animals. Such tests determine whether a subject will demonstrate impulse control by choosing a large, delayed reward o...

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Main Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Maren Kreiser, Nina Melzer, Jan Langbein, Birger Puppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02099/full