| Title |
Decisions for Others Become Less Impulsive the Further Away They Are on the Family Tree
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049479 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fenja V. Ziegler, Richard J. Tunney |
| Abstract |
People tend to prefer a smaller immediate reward to a larger but delayed reward. Although this discounting of future rewards is often associated with impulsivity, it is not necessarily irrational. Instead it has been suggested that it reflects the decision maker's greater interest in the 'me now' than the 'me in 10 years', such that the concern for our future self is about the same as for someone else who is close to us. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 15% |
| United States | 3 | 15% |
| Germany | 2 | 10% |
| Spain | 2 | 10% |
| Egypt | 2 | 10% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 6 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 65% |
| Scientists | 4 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 31% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 16% |
| Researcher | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 43 | 50% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |