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Does speech rate influence intertemporal decisions? an experimental investigation.

Josie I Chen¹, Tai-Sen He², Hsin-Ya Liao¹

¹Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.

|February 25, 2022

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This study explored how speech rate affects intertemporal decisions. Researchers found no significant difference in choices between smaller-sooner and larger-delayed rewards when presented at slow versus fast speech rates.

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Behavioral Economics
Cognitive Psychology
Decision Science

Background:

Intertemporal decisions involve choices between immediate and future rewards.
Cognitive load and presentation format can influence decision-making.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of speech rate on intertemporal choices.
To determine if acoustic manipulation affects delay discounting.

Main Methods:

Experimental design using a delay-discounting task.
Participants made choices between smaller-sooner and larger-delayed rewards.
Speech rate of auditory information was manipulated (Slow vs. Fast).

Main Results:

No overall treatment effect was observed for the acoustic manipulation.
Speech rate did not significantly alter intertemporal choices.

Conclusions:

Acoustic properties like speech rate may not be a primary driver of intertemporal decision-making in this context.
Further research is needed to explore other factors influencing delay discounting.