A 5-trial adjusting delay discounting task: Accurate discount rates in less than one minute

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 222-228

  Koffarnus, Mikhail N ^a   Bickel, Warren K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusting amount task; Amount effect; College students; Delay discounting; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901857709     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035973     Document Type: Article

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