In what sense are addicts irrational?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Rachlin, Howard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Delay discounting; Economics; Rational behavior; Social discounting; Utility maximization

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGIC; MOTIVATION; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249896948     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.07.011     Document Type: Review

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