Discounting of delayed rewards is not hyperbolic

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1274-1279

  Luhmann, Christian C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delay discounting; Dynamic inconsistency; Hyperbolic; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; REWARD; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880679427     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031170     Document Type: Article

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