Functional parameters of delay discounting assessment tasks: Order of presentation

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 75, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 237-241

  Robles, Elias ^a   Vargas, Perla A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Discounting functions; Impulsiveness; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247096435     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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