Temporal discounting across adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: A number of developmental theories have been proposed that make differential predictions about the links between age and temporal discounting, or the devaluation of future rewards. Most empirical studies examining adult age differences in temporal discounting have relied on economic intertemporal choice tasks, which pit choosing a smaller, sooner monetary reward against choosing a larger, later one. Although initial studies using these tasks suggested older adults discount less than younger adults, follow-up studies provided heterogeneous, and thus inconclusive, results. Using an open science approach, we test the replicability of adult age differences in temporal discounting by conducting a preregistered systematic literature search and meta-analysis of adult age differences in intertempo

SUBMITTER: Seaman KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8827494 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature