Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice

Bernd Figner; Daria Knoch; Eric J. Johnson; Amy R. Krosch; Sarah H. Lisanby; Ernst Fehr; Elke U. Weber

doi:10.1038/nn.2516

Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice

Bernd Figner, Daria Knoch, Eric J. Johnson, Amy R. Krosch, Sarah H. Lisanby, Ernst Fehr, Elke U. Weber

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Disruption of function of left, but not right, lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) with low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) increased choices of immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards. rTMS did not change choices involving only delayed rewards or valuation judgments of immediate and delayed rewards, providing causal evidence for a neural lateral-prefrontal cortex-based self-control mechanism in intertemporal choice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	538-539
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature neuroscience
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2516
State	Published - May 2010
Externally published	Yes

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