The decision from the three-judge panel served to grant the Trump administration a reprieve from having one of its top ...

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A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry has successfully identified 11 independent genetic loci linked to delay ...

Dr. Falk is a neuroscientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. It can be hard to align a meaningful life with the human craving for instant gratification. Many of the goals we care ...

Have you ever been to a carnival and played a dart-throwing game? If you throw darts and win, you can get a smaller prize immediately or you can take additional turns to save for a larger prize in the ...

Have a tough decision to make? You can agonize over pros and cons lists for weeks or months. Or you could just call Nell Wulfhart. In a world is full of delightful, innovative entrepreneurs, Wulfhart ...

The following is a summary of “Willing to wait: Anorexia nervosa symptomatology is associated with higher future orientation and reduced intertemporal discounting,” published in the February 2025 ...

Jeff Bezos sorts decisions into two categories — those you can walk back, and those you can't. The concept of "one-way door" and "two-way door" decisions is meant to help big companies move quickly.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 44 (November 1, 2022), pp. 1-8 (8 pages) Why do people discount future rewards? Multiple theories in ...

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Leda Stawnychko receives funding from SSHRC. MacDonald Oguike does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...