Now for Me, Later for Us? Effects of Group Context on Temporal Discounting

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-127

  Charlton, Shawn R ^a   Yi, Richard ^b   Porter, Caitlin ^c   Carter, Anne E ^d   Bickel, Warren ^d   Rachlin, Howard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay of gratification; Self control; Social cognition; Social influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867402180     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.766     Document Type: Article

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