Brain activity encodes reward magnitude and delay during choice

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 12:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Good things may come to those who wait, but research has proven that humans and animals actually prefer an immediate rather than a delayed reward. Now, a study published by Cell Press in the July 10 issue of the journal Neuron reveals how a decision-making region of the brain encodes information associated with the magnitude and delay of rewards.

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