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Based on accumulating evidence about the role of cortical sulci morphology as an indirect marker of fetal neurodevelopment, we examined the relationship between DD and the sulcal pattern of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a cortical area classically associated with DD. In a large sample of young healthy adults (\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009390, 173 males), extracted from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) dataset, we defined the ACC sulcal pattern of each hemisphere as \u2018single\u2019 or \u2018double parallel\u2019 based on the absence or presence of the paracingulate sulcus (PCS), and then classified each individual brain as symmetric or asymmetric across the two hemispheres. DD rates were obtained from a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of the results of a behavioral battery administered to the same participants. To ensure the specificity of the findings, statistical models were controlled for age, gender, and other cognitive factors, also derived from the PCA, as well as compared with the pattern of a different sulcus. Individuals with an asymmetric ACC sulcal pattern (i.e., inter-hemispheric differences in pattern type) exhibited lower discount rates, indicating a greater preference for delayed rewards, compared to those with a symmetric pattern. In the PCA-based analysis, the association significantly involved the factor capturing DD. Additional analysis on individual tasks supports this preferential relationship but further revealed an association between ACC morphology and processing speed. No comparable association was observed for the morphology of the Intra-Parietal Sulcus (IPS), used as a control region. 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