Impulsive people have a compulsion for immediate gratification—certain or uncertain

摘要: Impulsivity has been defined as choosing the smaller more immediate reward over a larger delayed reward. The purpose of this research was to gain deeper understanding mental processes involved in decision making. We examined participants’ rates delay discounting and probability determine their correlation with time-probability trade-offs. To establish trade-off rate, participants adjusted risky, payoff delayed, certain payoff. In effect, yielded equivalent waiting time. found strong, positive between discount This means that impulsive people have compulsion for gratification, independent whether is or uncertain. Thus, they seem not be concerned risk but rather