In three to five complete sentences, tell sandra what is happening in her prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens as she thinks about her decision. write one strong question sandra could ask herself that would her make a good decision.

Sandra, as you are weighing your decision, your pre-frontal cortex is receiving signals from several different brain areas, including the orbitofrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. researchers believe that these areas influence how you determine the magnitude of the reward for your decision, along with the amount of time that is would take for the reward to be received. your thought process in this portion of the decision making process is called temporal discounting. if the reward takes to long to be received, your brain will discount the value of it. several factors affect temporal discounting. a question to ask yourself is, "can i forsee anthing happening down the road that may cause me to think this is no longer the right decision. it is attractive now, but how will i view it over the next several weeks or months?