Dread and the Disvalue of Future Pain

Standard theories of decision-making involving delayed outcomes predict that people should defer a punishment, whilst advancing a reward. In some cases, such as pain, people seem to prefer to expedite punishment, implying that its anticipation carries a cost, often conceptualized as ‘dread’. Despite...

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Main Authors: Story, Giles W., Vlaev, Ivaylo, Seymour, Ben, Winston, Joel S., Darzi, Ara, Dolan, Raymond J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836706/