Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-87

  Kirby, Kris N ^a   Petry, Nancy M ^b   Bickel, Warren K ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REWARD;

EID: 0033091170     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.128.1.78     Document Type: Article

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