An Additive-Utility Model of Delay Discounting

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 602-619

  Killeen, Peter R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delay discount functions; dynamic inconsistency; intertemporal choice; magnitude effect; utility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REWARD; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651055354     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016414     Document Type: Article

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