Positive temporal dependence of the biological clock implies hyperbolic discounting

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 1 JAN, 2011, Pages

  Ray, Debajyoti ^a   Bossaerts, Peter ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Exponential discounting; Hyperbolic discounting; Impulsivity; Preference reversal; Random time change

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING; IMPULSIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 82255187570     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00002     Document Type: Article

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