Decisions for others become less impulsive the further away they are on the family tree
(2012)
Journal Article
Ziegler, F. V., & Tunney, R. J. (2012). Decisions for others become less impulsive the further away they are on the family tree. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article e49479. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049479
People tend to prefer a smaller immediate reward to a larger but delayed reward. Although this discounting of future rewards is often associated with impulsivity, it is not necessarily irrational. Instead it has been suggested that it reflects the de... Read More about Decisions for others become less impulsive the further away they are on the family tree.