Differential effects of amount on temporal and probability discounting of gains and losses

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 914-928

  Estle, Sara J ^a,b   Green, Leonard ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a   Holt, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REWARD;

EID: 33749622777     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193437     Document Type: Article

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