The nature of impulsivity: Visual exposure to natural environments decreases impulsive decision-making in a delay discounting task

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Berry, Meredith S ^a,b   Sweeney, Mary M ^a,c   Morath, Justice ^a   Odum, Amy L ^a   Jordan, Kerry E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPULSIVENESS; MOOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; STRESS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901340114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097915     Document Type: Article

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