Intertemporal choice - toward an integrative framework

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 482-488

  Berns, Gregory S ^a   Laibson, David ^b   Loewenstein, George ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EDUCATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH CARE; NEUROLOGY;

INTERTEMPORAL CHOICES; INTERTEMPORAL DECISIONS; NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVES;

DECISION MAKING;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36049037601     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.08.011     Document Type: Review

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