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...

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Main Authors: Elisa Ciaramelli, Manuela Sellitto, Giulia Tosarelli, Giuseppe di Pellegrino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00269/full