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Intertemporal choices are decisions between alternatives with outcomes that occur at different time points. An example would be smaller-but-sooner versus larger-but-later rewards. Recent evidence suggests an effect of future prospection on intertemporal choices. A number of neuroimaging studies have demonstrated the functional overlapping of perspective-taking and prospection. In the present study, a shared neural network involved in perspective-taking and future thinking was identified. Specifically, the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC), temporal pole, and parahippocampal regions were found to be those that reflect the interindividual variability in the delayed discounting rate (the k value). The perspective-taking capability was also significantly associated with the effectiveness of future thinking on regulating the discounting rate in the subsequent intertemporal choices. The emotional regulatory effect on intertemporal choice was also examined.
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