Delay discounting: I'm a k, you're a k

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-439

  Odum, Amy L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Human; Impulsivity; Pigeon; Rat; Review; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858314819     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2011.96-423     Document Type: Article

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