Impulsivity affects suboptimal gambling-like choice by pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-11

  Laude, Jennifer R ^a   Beckmann, Joshua S ^a   Daniels, Carter W ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Impulsivity; Pigeons; Suboptimal choice; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892454186     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xan0000001     Document Type: Article

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