Dread and the Disvalue of Future Pain
Figure 8
Time preference for a hypothetical painful dental appointment: Experiment 2.
Observed p(Choose A2) is plotted as a function of the delay to the later appointment; the sooner appointment was always at 0 days, i.e. “today”. Error bars represent one standard error from the group mean. A: group mean p(Choose A2) for all participants (N = 30). B: mean p(Choose A2) in the zero time preference group (N = 12). C: mean p(Choose A2) in the positive time preference group (N = 3). D: mean p(Choose A2) in the negative time preference group (N = 15).