The subjective value of delayed and probabilistic outcomes: Outcome size matters for gains but not for losses

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a   Wilson, Vanessa B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Gain discounting; Loss discounting; Probability discounting

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORRELATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GAIN DISCOUNTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOSS DISCOUNTING; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISCOUNTING; REWARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REWARD;

EID: 72449144778     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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