How decisions emerge: Action dynamics in intertemporal decision making

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-100

  Dshemuchadse, Maja ^a   Scherbaum, Stefan ^a   Goschke, Thomas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action dynamics; Date delay effect; Decision making; Intertemporal choice; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880951455     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028499     Document Type: Article

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