Food reinforcement, delay discounting and obesity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 438-445

  Epstein, Leonard H ^a,b   Salvy, Sarah J ^a,b   Carr, Katelyn A ^a,b   Dearing, Kelly K ^a,b   Bickel, Warren K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Food reinforcement; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CALORIC INTAKE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; OBESITY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953721597     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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