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Excluded and myopic: Social exclusion increases temporal discounting
Radmehr Bahrami1, Khatereh Borhani1
1Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Plos One
|August 15, 2023
Summary
Social exclusion, a common human experience, significantly increases temporal discounting, impacting how individuals value future rewards. This study found that neither altered time perception nor risk-taking fully explains this effect, suggesting broader cognitive impacts.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Social exclusion is a pervasive experience affecting affect, behavior, and cognition.
- Decision-making abilities are known to be altered by social exclusion.
- The specific impact of social exclusion on intertemporal decision-making remains understudied.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how social exclusion influences intertemporal decision-making.
- To examine the role of temporal discounting in the cognitive effects of social exclusion.
- To determine if time perception or risk-taking mediates the relationship between social exclusion and temporal discounting.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Future Life Alone paradigm to experimentally induce social exclusion.
- Measured changes in temporal discounting following the social exclusion manipulation.
- Assessed the influence of social exclusion on time perception and risk-taking behaviors.
Main Results:
- Experiencing social exclusion led to a significant increase in temporal discounting.
- Social exclusion was found to influence time perception.
- Neither time perception nor risk-taking mediated the observed increase in temporal discounting.
Conclusions:
- Social exclusion alters intertemporal decision-making by increasing temporal discounting.
- The findings suggest that social exclusion induces a form of cognitive deconstruction.
- Further research is needed to fully elucidate the mechanisms underlying these cognitive alterations.
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