The present values of delayed rewards are approximately additive

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-282

  Kirby, Kris N ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive value; Delayed rewards; Hyperbolic discounting; Reward sequences

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; OUTLIER; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEE; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONEY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REWARD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646133866     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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