Beyond discounting: Possible experimental models of impulse control

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-347

  Monterosso, John ^b   Ainslie, George ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic discounting; Impulsivity; Psychopharmacology; Reward bundling; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; REWARD;

EID: 0032746113     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005480     Document Type: Review

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