Emotional arousal and discount rate in intertemporal choice are reference dependent

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 366-373

  Lempert, Karolina M ^a   Glimcher, Paul W ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotion; Intertemporal choice; Pupil dilation; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REWARD; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUPIL; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926415932     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000047     Document Type: Article

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