Hyperbolic temporal discounting in social drinkers and problem drinkers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 292-305

  Vuchinich, Rudy E ^a   Simpson, Cathy A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031873240     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.6.3.292     Document Type: Article

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