Pregnancy
has been considered a special period with cognitive defect and unstable
emotion. However, physiological and psychological changes jointly reshape the
brain of pregnant women, which makes them more patient and prefer future
outcomes. Specifically, they become more future-orientated, self-controlled and
more positive to the future. These phenomena can be accounted for evolution
perspective and construal level theory. Furthermore, we recommend that future
researches pay attention to the effect of pregnancy on intertemporal choice in
different domains and the relevant influence of expectant fathers on delay
discounting.
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