Living in the moment: effects of time perspective and emotional valence of episodic thinking on delay discounting.

ABSTRACT: Excessive delay discounting (DD) has been related to various maladaptive behaviors and may stem from a myopic focus on immediate gratification. Neuroimaging studies have shown that episodic future thinking (EFT) -vivid mental simulation of future experiences-may reduce DD by promoting consideration of delayed outcomes. However, the EFT manipulations in these experiments may have induced positive affect, which could independently enhance executive functions that facilitate self-regulation. To clarify the mechanism of this effect, 87 participants were randomized to visualize neutral- or positive-valenced events expected to occur in the present or in the future while completing a standardized DD questionnaire. Working memory capacity, inhibitory control, the genotypes of 3 functional dopamine

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4049454 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature