Similar Psychological Distance Reduces Temporal Discounting

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1005-1016

  Kim, Hyunji ^a   Schnall, Simone ^a   White, Mathew P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

construal level theory; economic decision making; intertemporal choice; psychological distance; temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUAL LEVEL THEORY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE; REWARD; TIME;

CONSTRUAL LEVEL THEORY; ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE; TEMPORAL DISCOUNTING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879979090     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213488214     Document Type: Article

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