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Robust relation between temporal discounting rates and body mass [PDF]
, 2014 When given the choice between $100 today and $110 in 1 week, certain people are more likely to choose the immediate, yet smaller reward. The present study examined the relations between temporal discounting rate and body mass while accounting for ...
Bradley, J. +7 more
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Temporal discounting and self-continuity: Age-dependent patterns and implications
Acta PsychologicaIntertemporal decision-making is a common aspect of everyday life. People often prefer receiving a smaller immediate reward rather than the larger one that comes later, a behaviour known as temporal discounting.
Lulu Liu +3 more
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Encoding of Marginal Utility across Time in the Human Brain [PDF]
, 2009 Marginal utility theory prescribes the relationship between the objective property of the magnitude of rewards and their subjective value. Despite its pervasive influence, however, there is remarkably little direct empirical evidence for such a theory of
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Self-control ≠ Temporal Discounting
Current Opinion in PsychologyThis paper explores self-control beyond the framework of time discounting, as is conventional in economics and decision research. Contrary to the notion that self-control failures stem from hyperbolic time discounting or present bias, we argue that self-control problems represent conflicts between the motivational thrusts of affects - i.e., emotions ...
George Loewenstein, Erin Carbone
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The globalizability of temporal discounting
, 2021 Economic inequality is associated with extreme rates of temporal discounting, which is a behavioral pattern where individuals choose smaller, immediate financial gains over larger, delayed gains. Such patterns may feed into rising global inequality, yet it is unclear if they are a function of choice preferences or norms, or rather absence of sufficient
Kai Ruggeri +74 more
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Neuroeconomics of suicide. [PDF]
, 2011 Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of injury and death worldwide. Suicide has been associated with psychiatric illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia, as well as economic uncertainty, and social/cultural factors.
Takahashi, Ph.D Taiki
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Temporal Discounting for Multidimensional Economic Agents
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Series Informatica, 2021 Individuals frequently place a higher value on money and goods today than they would in the future. This is known as temporal or time discounting, and most economic models include discount functions to represent such utility over time.
Florentin BOTA
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Low Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor Availability is Associated with Steep Discounting of Delayed Rewards in Methamphetamine Dependence. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundIndividuals with substance use disorders typically exhibit a predilection toward instant gratification with apparent disregard for the future consequences of their actions.
Ballard, Michael E +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Risk aversion and temporal discounting are preferences that are strongly linked to sub-optimal financial and health decision making ability. Prior studies have shown they differ by age and cognitive ability, but it remains unclear whether differences are
Bryan D James +4 more
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Do the Powerful Discount the Future Less? The Effects of Power on Temporal Discounting
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Individuals have the tendency to discount rewards in the future, known as temporal discounting, and we find that sense of power (the felt capacity to influence the thinking and behavior of others) reduces such tendency.
Jinyun Duan, Sherry J. Wu, Luying Sun
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