Models and methods in delay discounting

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1128, Issue , 2008, Pages 90-94

  Tesch, Aaron D ^a   Sanfey, Alan G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Decision making; Delay discounting; Framing; Reward

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 43249092547     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1399.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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