Delay discounting: Trait variable?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Odum, Amy L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Humans; Impulsivity; Personality; Trait

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROSCIENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954718559     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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