Does temporal discounting explain unhealthy behavior? A systematic review and reinforcement learning perspective

Does temporal discounting explain unhealthy behavior? A systematic review and reinforcement learning perspective

The tendency to make unhealthy choices is hypothesized to be related to an individual's temporal discount rate, the theoretical rate at which they devalue delayed rewards. Furthermore, a particular form of temporal discounting, hyperbolic discounting, has been proposed to explain why unhealthy...

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Main Authors: Giles eStory, Ivo eVlaev, Ben eSeymour, Ara eDarzi, Ray eDolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Health
Addiction
discounting
habit
hyperbolic
model-based
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00076/full

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