Temporal discounting and utility for health and money

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 771-791

  Chapman, Gretchen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030136765     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.3.771     Document Type: Article

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