Taking more, now: The optimality of impulsive choice hinges on environment structure

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-138

  Otto, A Ross ^a   Markman, Arthur B ^a   Love, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; decision making; delay of gratification; impulsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856495761     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611411311     Document Type: Review

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