Neurobiological bases of intertemporal choices: A comprehensive review

Neurobiological Bases of Alcohol Addiction.

Alcohol addiction is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder according to both phenotype and etiology. Difference in phenotype characteristics manifests in the manner the addiction arises, history of the alcoholic and history of drinking, comorbid disorders, and the phenomenon of abstinence difficulties. Concerning the etiology of alcoholism, the disease itself is considered to be a consequence of...

The role of simulation in intertemporal choices

One route to understanding the thoughts and feelings of others is by mentally putting one's self in their shoes and seeing the world from their perspective, i.e., by simulation. Simulation is potentially used not only for inferring how others feel, but also for predicting how we ourselves will feel in the future. For instance, one might judge the worth of a future reward by simulating how much ...

Antipsychotics: Neurobiological Bases for a Therapeutic Approach

Schizophrenia is among the most mysterious and costly mental disorders causing suffering and societal expenditure (1). The lifetime prevalence of the disease is 0.30-0.66% (2). It also results in death 12-15 years earlier than expected resulting from suicide, decreased access to medical care and common risk factors, such as poor diet, sedentary life style, obesity and smoking (3). First generat...

Neurobiological Bases for Psychological Functioning

Memory controls time perception and intertemporal choices

There is a consensus that human and non-human subjects experience temporal distortions in many stages of their perceptual and decisionmaking systems. Similarly, intertemporal choice research has shown that decision-makers undervalue future outcomes relative to immediate ones. Here we combine techniques from information theory and artificial intelligence to show how both temporal distortions and...