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Direct linkMacKillop, James – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2013
Delayed reward discounting is a behavioral economic index of impulsivity, referring to how much an individual devalues a reward based on its delay in time. As a behavioral process that varies considerably across individuals, delay discounting has been studied extensively as a model for self-control, both in the general population and in clinical…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Rewards, Self Control, Genetics
