“Would you choose to receive a small amount of money today or a larger sum next month? We know that it is worth it to wait longer for a larger reward, but sometimes the temptation for the smaller, immediate reward becomes too great and we simply cannot resist it. Selecting the immediate reward is known as “future discounting” and often suggests a lack of self-control.
Studies have indicated that there may be a link between blood glucose levels (our body’s energy) and thinking. For example, making difficult choices uses up cognitive resources (or brain power) and these resources can be restored by increasing blood glucose.”
Read more at Science Daily
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I agree.
Considering i’m type-1 diabetic and am constantly suffering high blood levels I must be the ultimate decision-maker O_o so why do I screw up so much?
SO people who are diabetic will have to suffer from less than perfect decisions? That’s sad!
In other news, the scientific team involved have announced that water has a hitherto unsuspected property which they plan to call “wetness”. They are currently submitting a grant proposal to attach cameras to the Pope and find out where he shits.
Very interesting, but isn’t ‘future discounting’ more related to emotional intelligence / maturity then it is to blood glucose levels?
My Mum’s diabetes affects her decision-making quite often. When her blood sugar level drops she can hardly see straight, let alone think straight.
LC x
That is an actual photo from the study behind this discovery. They fed the girl bucket loads of sugar to see if it would improve her decision making; but it just made her hallucinate…
“OMG, that marshmallow just spoke to me!”
Maybe the same people could look into the effects of tiredness & alchol on decision making abilities
Or they could just ask anyone with an IQ over 20 !
What will they find to waste time on next ?