The science behind decisions on Deal or No Deal

Interesting research on reward-based decision making:

The preference for immediate over delayed rewards of larger value, which researchers term “delay discounting,” has already been linked to impulse-control problems, such as substance abuse, addiction and pathological gambling.

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