Temporal discounting predicts procrastination in the real world [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPeople procrastinate, but why? One long-standing hypothesis is that temporal discounting drives procrastination: in a task with a distant future reward, the discounted future reward fails to provide sufficient motivation to initiate work early.
Pei Yuan Zhang, Wei Ji Ma
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Temporal discounting mediates the relationship between socio-economic status and social trust [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Social trust and income are associated both within and across countries, such that higher income typically correlates with increased trust. While this correlation is well-documented, the psychological mechanisms sustaining this relationship remain poorly
Léonard Guillou +2 more
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Gambling Environment Exposure Increases Temporal Discounting but Improves Model-Based Control in Regular Slot-Machine Gamblers [PDF]
Computational Psychiatry, 2022 Gambling disorder is a behavioral addiction that negatively impacts personal finances, work, relationships and mental health. In this pre-registered study (https://osf.io/5ptz9/) we investigated the impact of real-life gambling environments on two ...
Ben Wagner, David Mathar, Jan Peters
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The catecholamine precursor Tyrosine reduces autonomic arousal and decreases decision thresholds in reinforcement learning and temporal discounting. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 Supplementation with the catecholamine precursor L-Tyrosine might enhance cognitive performance, but overall findings are mixed. Here, we investigate the effect of a single dose of tyrosine (2g) vs. placebo on two catecholamine-dependent trans-diagnostic
David Mathar +4 more
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Temporal discounting in adolescents and adults with Tourette syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with hyperactivity in dopaminergic networks. Dopaminergic hyperactivity in the basal ganglia has previously been linked to increased sensitivity to positive reinforcement and increases in ...
Canan Beate Schüller +10 more
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Risk-taking unmasked: Using risky choice and temporal discounting to explain COVID-19 preventative behaviors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 To reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission, government agencies in the United States (US) recommended precautionary guidelines, including wearing masks and social distancing to encourage the prevention of the disease.
Kaileigh A Byrne +4 more
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Excluded and myopic: Social exclusion increases temporal discounting. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Social exclusion is a painful yet ubiquitous experience that modulates affect, behavior, and cognition. Decision-making is an essential cognitive ability that some forms of it are altered following social exclusion.
Bahrami R, Borhani K.
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“Bitcoin now”: temporal discounting in Bitcoin holders [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionCryptocurrency investment and trading are rapidly growing activities due to the development of applications and platforms that offer fast, continuous, and easy entry into the cryptocurrency world.
Mohamad El Haj +4 more
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Pharmacological Modulation of Temporal Discounting: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 Temporal discounting is a phenomenon where a reward loses its value as a function of time (e.g., a reward is more valuable immediately than when it delays in time).
Sarmiento LF +6 more
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Temporal discounting for self and friends in adolescence: A fMRI study. [PDF]
Dev Cogn Neurosci, 2023 Adolescence is characterized by impulsivity but also by increased importance of friendships. This study took the novel perspective of testing temporal discounting in a fMRI task where choices could affect outcomes for 96 adolescents (aged 10–20-years ...
van de Groep S +3 more
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