Comparing hyperbolic, delay-amount sensitivity and present-bias models of delay discounting

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-62

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a   Wilson, Vanessa B ^a   Karalunas, Sarah L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Cigarette smoking; Delay discounting; Impulsive behavior; Reward

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DELAY AMOUNT SENSITIVITY MODEL; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HUMAN; HYPERBOLOID MODEL; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESENT BIAS MODEL; QUASI HYPERBOLIC MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMOKING;

EID: 84933523426     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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