A reward now or later? Exploring impulsivity in Parkinson's disease patients

(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) Promises of food, sums of money or entertaining pastimes: it does not matter what the temptation is, a new study shows that patients suffering from Parkinson's disease who are treated with DBS of the subthalamic nucleus are not more impulsive than others when making decisions about an appealing stimulus. To establish this, in the experiment the scientists placed the patients in front of a choice: have a small prize immediately or a bigger one, later.
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