Temporal Discounting and Search Habits: Evidence for a Task-Dependent Relationship

Recent experiments suggest that search direction causally affects the discounted valuation of delayed payoffs. Comparisons between options can increase individuals' patience toward future payoff options, while searching within options instead promotes impatient choices. We further test the robu...

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Main Authors: Mel W. Khaw, Ziang Li, Michael Woodford
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.2018.02102/full