Saving for the future self: Neural measures of future self-continuity predict temporal discounting

Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 85 - 92
Published: Mar 1, 2009
Abstract
Despite increases in the human life span, people have not increased their rate of saving. In a phenomenon known as ‘temporal discounting’, people value immediate gains over future gains. According to a future self-continuity hypothesis, individuals perceive and treat the future self differently from the present self, and so might fail to save for their future. Neuroimaging offers a novel means of testing this hypothesis, since previous research...
Paper Details
Title
Saving for the future self: Neural measures of future self-continuity predict temporal discounting
Published Date
Mar 1, 2009
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
85 - 92
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