Decision making: don't risk a delay.
Decisions under risk and choices between delayed outcomes are usually treated as two separate problems. A new study suggests that these two classes of decision making are more related than previously thought, and that delay discounting may tune an animal's attitude towards risky choices.
Kalenscher
Tobias
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Animal Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands. T.Kalenscher@uva.nl
D000818:Animals; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors