Sleep and delay discounting: is insufficient sleep a cause or a manifestation of short-sighted choice?

[摘要] Delay discounting, or impulsive choice, refers to the tendency to prefer immediate rewards over delayed but greater benefits. Resisting the temptation to receive immediate rewards is thought to be an active process of self-control that requires cognitive and energetical resources [1]. The idea that sleep loss reduces the availability of such self-control resources and could consequently lead to more delay discounting has been expressed in several theoretical accounts [2]. In a recent study, Curtis et al. [3] report an analysis of data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) database, including a large sample of individuals (N...

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