Future discounting in congo basin hunter-gatherers declines with socio-economic transitions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Salali, Gul Deniz ^a   Migliano, Andrea Bamberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONGO; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; LOGGING; MARKET; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CONGO; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946592906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137806     Document Type: Article

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