I wonder if hyperbolic discounting uses the visual processing system? It certainly works like perspective foreshortening.

Richard Bandler's concept of "submodalities" strongly suggests a connection, since it uses image properties like distance, size, brightness, etc. to manipulate emotional response to imagined goals and behaviors. (An example of "front seat" driving -- i.e., directly manipulating the drivers of our behavior, rather than attempting to work around them.)