Delay discounting: Interactions between personality and cognitive ability
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0092-6566/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Inc doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2008.07.005 * Corresponding author. Fax: +1 416 978 4811. E-mail address: [email protected] (J.B. Hir Delay discounting describes the extent to which the value of a reward decreases as the delay to obtaining that reward increases. Lower discounting rates predict better outcomes in social, academic, and health domains. The current study investigates how personality and cognitive ability interact to predict individual differences in delay discounting. Extraversion was found to predict higher discounting rates at the low end of the cognitive distribution, while emotional stability was found to predict lower discounting rates at the high end of the cognitive distribution. These findings support recent models of discounting behavior and suggest that personality and cognitive ability interact in shaping decision making. 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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