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SUBMITTER: Wittmann M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2907916 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wittmann Marc M Lovero Kathryn L KL Lane Scott D SD Paulus Martin P MP
Journal of neuroscience, psychology, and economics 20100501 1
Neuroimaging studies on delay discounting tasks that use reward delays ranging from minutes to days have implicated the insula and striatum in the processing of inter-temporal decisions. This study aimed at assessing whether these brain regions would also be involved in decision-making when subjects have to wait through the delays within the range of seconds. Employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in thirteen healthy volunteers, we repeatedly presented monetaryoptions with delays ...[more]