Temporal Reward Discounting in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Contribution of Symptom Domains, Reward Magnitude, and Session Length

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 641-648

  Scheres, Anouk ^a,b   Tontsch, Chandra ^a   Thoeny, Allison Lee ^a   Kaczkurkin, Antonia ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; delay; impulsive choice; impulsivity; reward; temporal reward discounting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL REWARD DISCOUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949491620     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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