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Mol Psychiatry2026May 13, 2026Journal Article

Thalamo-cortical white matter connectivity-defined thalamic subarea volumes predict individual delay discounting.

Bryan Youngwoo Yoon1,2, Hyungyou Park3, Wi Hoon Jung4
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
2New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
3Research Institute, Neurophet Inc., Seoul, South Korea.
4Department of Psychology, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea. jwhnavy@gachon.ac.kr.
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Abstract

Delay discounting (DD), the tendency to favor smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards, is associated with impulsivity and various psychiatric disorders. In this study, we investigated the role of the thalamus, a brain structure with multiple subdivisions that relays information to cortical regions, in influencing DD. We hypothesized that thalamic subdivisions play distinct roles in…

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