Decision makers calibrate behavioral persistence on the basis of time-interval experience

Cognition

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-226

  McGuire, Joseph T ^a   Kable, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dynamic inconsistency; Intertemporal choice; Interval timing; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84862679721     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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