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标题：Temporal reward discounting in children, adolescents, and emerging adults during an experiential task
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作者：Scheres, Anouk ; Tontsch, Chandra ; Thoeny, Allison L. 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
页码：1-7
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00711
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：The goal of this study was to examine age effects on the ability/willingness to wait for large rewards in a real temporal reward discounting task from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, a real temporal discounting task was administered to children aged 6-12 (n=39), adolescents aged 13-17 (n=28), and young adults aged 18-19 (n=55). Findings indicated that the cross-sectional development of real temporal discounting followed a quadratic pattern across age groups, with adolescents choosing more often than children and adults to wait for the large delayed reward, resulting in reward-maximization. Various interpretations of this finding were offered, including a focus on reward maximization despite an immature ability to exert self-control, and flexible self-control which was high during this task as a result of strong motivation to maximize financial gains.
关键词：adolescence; Reward; temporal reward discounting; delay discounting; impulsivity; Self-Control