Performance in temporal discounting tasks by people with intellectual disabilities reveals difficulties in decision-making and impulse control

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-171

  Willner, Paul ^a   Bailey, Rebecca ^a   Parry, Rhonwen ^a   Dymond, Simon ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952527201     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-115.2.157     Document Type: Article

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