Cognitive and neural mechanisms of self-control
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Self-control, the ability to regulate impulses, is an important determinant of adaptive behavior and numerous significant life outcomes. This dissertation focuses on a class of decision-making known as intertemporal choices that require exertion of self-control. Intertemporal choices are decisions made between options that are available at different points in time. Delay discounting describes how individuals discount the value of future outcomes as a function of the delay until their receipt. The five experiments presented in this dissertation explore the cognitive and neural mechanisms of intertemporal decision making using a range of variables that predict differences in decision makers' discount rates. These variables include cultural differences (Experiment 1), cognitive framing of choice options (Experiments 2 and 4), and the magnitude of the reward under consideration (Experiment 3). Finally, we use repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to disrupt the processes identified in Experiments 2 and 3 to demonstrate their specificity and causality (Experiment 5).
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Kim, Bokyung |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Psychology. |
| Primary advisor | McClure, Samuel M |
| Thesis advisor | McClure, Samuel M |
| Thesis advisor | Dweck, Carol S, 1946- |
| Thesis advisor | Gross, James |
| Advisor | Dweck, Carol S, 1946- |
| Advisor | Gross, James |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Bokyung Kim. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Psychology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Bo Kyung Kim
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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