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Addessi, Elsa; Paglieri, Fabio; Focaroli, Valentina – Cognition, 2011
Both human and non-human animals often face decisions between options available at different times, and the capacity of delaying gratification has usually been considered one of the features distinguishing humans from other animals. However, this characteristic can widely vary across individuals, species, and types of task and it is still unclear…
Descriptors: Animals, Primatology, Delay of Gratification, Time