Delay of gratification and delay discounting in rats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-168

  Reynolds, Brady ^a   De Wit, Harriet ^b   Richards, Jerry B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Delay discounting; Delay of gratification; Delayed reinforcement; Impulsivity; Nose poke; Rat; Self control; Willpower

Indexed keywords

RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DELAY OF GRATIFICATION; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TECHNIQUE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0037201701     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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