An efficient operant choice procedure for assessing delay discounting in humans: Initial validation in cocaine-dependent and control individuals

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-204

  Johnson, Matthew W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Delay discounting; Human; Hypothetical; Real

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EXPERIENTIAL DISCOUNTING TASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUICK DISCOUNTING OPERANT TASK; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; IMPULSIVENESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867914268     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027088     Document Type: Article

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