?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cultural+Neuroeconomics+of+Intertemporal+Choice&rft.creator=Takahashi%2C+Taiki&rft.creator=Hadzibeganovic%2C+Tarik&rft.creator=Cannas%2C+Sergio&rft.creator=Makino%2C+Takaki&rft.creator=Fukui%2C+Hiroki&rft.creator=Kitayama%2C+Shinobu&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.description=According+to+theories+of+cultural+neuroscience%2C+Westerners+and+Easterners+may+have+distinct+styles+of+cognition+(e.g.%2C+different+allocation+of+attention).+Previous+research+has+shown+that+Westerners+and+Easterners+tend+to+utilize+analytical+and+holistic+cognitive+styles%2C+respectively.+On+the+other+hand%2C+little+is+known+regarding+the+cultural+differences+in+neuroeconomic+behavior.+For+instance%2C+economic+decisions+may+be+affected+by+cultural+differences+in+neurocomputational+processing+underlying+attention%3B+however%2C+this+area+of+neuroeconomics+has+been+largely+understudied.+In+the+present+paper%2C+we+attempt+to+bridge+this+gap+by+considering+the+links+between+the+theory+of+cultural+neuroscience+and+neuroeconomic+theory%0D%0Aof+the+role+of+attention+in+intertemporal+choice.+We+predict+that+(i)+Westerners+are+more+impulsive+and+inconsistent+in+intertemporal+choice+in+comparison+to+Easterners%2C+and+(ii)+Westerners+more+steeply+discount+delayed+monetary+losses+than+Easterners.+We+examine+these+predictions+by+utilizing+a+novel+temporal+discounting+model+based+on+Tsallis'+statistics+(i.e.+a+q-exponential+model).+Our+preliminary+analysis+of+temporal+discounting+of+gains+and+losses+by+Americans+and+Japanese+confirmed+the+predictions+from+the+cultural+neuroeconomic+theory.+Future+study+directions%2C+employing+computational+modeling+via+neural+networks%2C+are+briefly+outlined+and+discussed.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6158%2F1%2FTakahashi_et_al_cogprints.pdf&rft.identifier=++Takahashi%2C+Taiki+and+Hadzibeganovic%2C+Tarik+and+Cannas%2C+Sergio+and+Makino%2C+Takaki+and+Fukui%2C+Hiroki+and+Kitayama%2C+Shinobu++(2008)+Cultural+Neuroeconomics+of+Intertemporal+Choice.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6158%2F