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. 2010 May;13(5):538-9.
doi: 10.1038/nn.2516. Epub 2010 Mar 28.

Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice

Bernd Figner  1 , Daria Knoch, Eric J Johnson, Amy R Krosch, Sarah H Lisanby, Ernst Fehr, Elke U Weber
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Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice

Bernd Figner et al. Nat Neurosci. 2010 May.

Abstract

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.

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