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Table 1 Percent of participants who took the delayed, larger payment option for each temporal discounting question

From: Association of cognition with temporal discounting in community based older persons

Delayed payment amount

All participants (mean alpha = 0.018, SD = 0.02)

High cognition (mean alpha = 0.014, SD = 0.02)

Low cognition (mean alpha = 0.022, SD = 0.03)

10.75

88 (23%)

22(23%)

22(23%)

12.50

183 (47%)

51(53%)

43(45%)

13.50

223 (57%)

67(69%)

42 (43%)

15.00

273 (70%)

73(75%)

59 (61%)

17.50

303 (78%)

80(82%)

68(70%)

20.00

326 (84%)

87(90%)

74 (76%)

30.00

356 (92%)

92(95%)

85 (88%)

  1. *High and low cognition groups represent the top and bottom quartiles on the measure of global cognition, respectively; immediate payment option for all questions = $10.