Outcome probability versus magnitude: When waiting benefits one at the cost of the other

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Young, Michael E ^a   Webb, Tara L ^b   Rung, Jillian M ^c   McCoy, Anthony W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON ANALOGUE RISK TASK; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS IMPULSIVITY AND RISK PLATFORM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAGNITUDE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; STUDENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84902440677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098996     Document Type: Article

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