APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Emotional Experiences Interact with Monetary Reward Values to Predict Variation in Discounting Rate throughout Daily Life
- Matt Coleman
Northeastern University - Mallory Feldman
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill - Catie Nielson
Northeastern University - Katie Hoemann
Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven - Zulqarnain Khan
Northeastern University - Madeleine Devlin
Northeastern University - Jennifer Dy
Northeastern University - Lisa Feldman Barrett
Massachusetts General Hospital/Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging - Lisa Feldman Barrett
Northeastern University - Karen Quigley
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital - Karen Quigley
Northeastern University - Jolie Wormwood
University of New Hampshire
Abstract
Within-person changes in intertemporal choice were assessed throughout participants’ daily lives using experience sampling. Results partially supported previous lab-based findings concerning associations between specific emotional states and intertemporal choice (e.g., sadness being associated with greater impatience). However, effects were critically moderated by contextual variables, including the monetary value being considered.
Emotion