Markov decision processes with quasi-hyperbolic discounting
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DOI: 10.1007/s00780-020-00443-2
Abstract: We study Markov decision processes with Borel state spaces under quasi-hyperbolic discounting. This type of discounting nicely models human behaviour, which is time-inconsistent in the long run. The decision maker has preferences changing in time.… read more here.
Keywords: decision; markov decision; decision processes; hyperbolic discounting ... See more keywords
Temporal discounting of gains and losses of time: An experimental investigation
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-018-9287-1
Abstract: This paper investigates “asymmetries” between non-monetary gains and losses in intertemporal choice. We considered gains and losses of spare/working time with respect to a reference duration defined in a working contract. Specifically, we elicited a… read more here.
Keywords: gains losses; time; discounting gains; temporal discounting ... See more keywords
Adapting temporal preference to scarcity: A role for emotion?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-025-09453-x
Abstract: A critical optimization problem is how to distribute resource consumption over time. Humans tend to value immediate rewards over equivalent future rewards—a phenomenon called temporal discounting. Such imbalance can lead to poor health, education, and… read more here.
Keywords: discounting; scarcity; role emotion; temporal discounting ... See more keywords
Variable time preference
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2019.03.003
Abstract: We re-examine behavioral patterns of intertemporal choice with recognition that time preferences may be inherently variable, focusing in particular on the explanatory power of an exponential discounting model with variable discount factors - the variable… read more here.
Keywords: exponential model; time; model; choice ... See more keywords
Dissociable roles of glucocorticoid and noradrenergic activation on social discounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.01.015
Abstract: People often exhibit prosocial tendencies towards close kin and friends, but generosity decreases as a function of increasing social distance between donor and recipient, a phenomenon called social discounting. Evidence suggests that acute stress affects… read more here.
Keywords: social discounting; cort; stress; discounting ... See more keywords
Behavioral and neurofunctional profiles of delay aversion in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03353-z
Abstract: Despite substantial efforts to unravel cognitive heterogeneity in ADHD, the examination of motivational variability, particularly delay aversion, remains limited. This study aimed to identify homogeneous delay-averse profiles in children with ADHD to understand motivational deficits.… read more here.
Keywords: delay aversion; discounting; shallow discounting; behavioral neurofunctional ... See more keywords
Social discounting and distance perceptions in costly altruism
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0100
Abstract: Extraordinary acts of altruism towards strangers represent puzzling phenomena not easily explained by dominant biological models of altruism, such as kin selection and reciprocity1–3. These theories stipulate that genetically or socially close others should be… read more here.
Keywords: costly altruism; social discounting; discounting; discounting distance ... See more keywords
“Ten dollars today or 50 dollars after one month?” Temporal discounting in Korsakoff syndrome
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DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2023.2173059
Abstract: ABSTRACT Objective Little research has investigated decision making in patients with Korsakoff syndrome (KS). Specifically, to our knowledge, there is a lack of research investigating whether patients with KS may tend to prefer immediate over… read more here.
Keywords: korsakoff syndrome; temporal discounting; today dollars; dollars one ... See more keywords
Flexible Estimation of Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences
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DOI: 10.1086/713389
Abstract: Intertemporal choices depend on the time preference for discounting future costs and benefits. Allowing complex heterogeneity in time preferences can alter present value estimation of willingness to pay. Using data from a choice experiment about… read more here.
Keywords: groundwater service; time; service values; discounting ... See more keywords
Trial-wise exposure to visual emotional cues increases physiological arousal but not temporal discounting.
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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13996
Abstract: Humans and many animals devalue future rewards as a function of time (temporal discounting). Increased discounting has been linked to various psychiatric conditions, including substance-use-disorders, behavioral addictions, and obesity. Despite its high intra-individual stability, temporal… read more here.
Keywords: temporal discounting; trial wise; physiological arousal; discounting ... See more keywords
Comparison of multiplicative and additive hyperbolic and hyperboloid discounting models in delayed lotteries involving gains and losses
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233337
Abstract: Many day-to-day decisions may involve risky outcomes that occur at some delay after a decision has been made. We refer to such scenarios as delayed lotteries. Despite human choice often involves delayed lotteries, past research… read more here.
Keywords: research; delayed lotteries; delay; discounting ... See more keywords