Caudate responses to reward anticipation associated with delay discounting behavior in healthy youth

Background: Choices requiring delay of gratification made during adolescence can have significant impact on life trajectory. Willingness to delay gratification can be measured using delay discounting tasks that require a choice between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward. Individu...

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Main Authors: Margaret M. Benningfield, Jennifer U. Blackford, Melissa E. Ellsworth, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Peter R. Martin, Ronald L. Cowan, David H. Zald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929313000686