Episodic future thinking reduces reward delay discounting through an enhancement of prefrontal-mediotemporal interactions.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Neuron

• Publication date

  2010-04-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.026PMID 20399735
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