Mobile technology habits: patterns of association among device usage, intertemporal preference, impulse control, and reward sensitivity

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1607-1614

  Wilmer, Henry H ^a   Chein, Jason M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive and attentional control; Impulse control; Reward sensitivity; Technology

Indexed keywords

DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; REWARD; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CELL PHONE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNET; MALE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961129781     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-016-1011-z     Document Type: Article

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