Archetypes of human cognition defined by time preference for reward and their brain correlates: An evolutionary trade-off approach

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 185; pp. 322 - 334
• Main Authors: Cona, Giorgia, Koçillari, Loren, Palombit, Alessandro, Bertoldo, Alessandra, Maritan, Amos, Corbetta, Maurizio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.01.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Animal cognition; Behavior; Biological Evolution; Brain; Brain - physiology; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; Connectome - methods; Datasets as Topic; Delay Discounting - physiology; Delay discounting task; Evolutionary psychology; Female; Functional connectivity; Gene expression; Human connectome project; Humans; Male; Multi-objective optimization; Multimedia; Neural networks; Personality; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Polytopes; Reinforcement; Reward; Self-control; Sociodemographics; Studies; Functional connectivity; Brain; Self-control; Human connectome project; Evolutionary psychology; Multi-objective optimization; Reward; Delay discounting task

Biological systems carry out multiple tasks in their lifetime, which, in the course of evolution, may lead to trade-offs. In fact phenotypes (different species, individuals within a species, circuits, bacteria, proteins, etc.) cannot be optimal at all tasks, and, according to Pareto optimality theor...