Delay discounting without decision-making: medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala activations reflect immediacy processing and correlate with impulsivity and anxious-depressive traits

Humans value rewards less when these are delivered in the future as opposed to immediately, a phenomenon referred to as delay discounting. While delay discounting has been studied during the anticipation of rewards and in the context of intertemporal decision-making, little is known about its neural...

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Main Authors: Ludwig, Vera U., Nüsser, Corinna, Goschke, Thomas, Wittfoth-Schardt, Dina, Wiers, Corinde E., Erk, Susanne, Schott, Björn H., Walter, Henrik
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624839/