Delay discounting: concepts and measures
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
; 5(2): 135-146, July-Dec. 2012.
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| ID: lil-671539
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ABSTRACT
Delay discounting, one element which underlies decision-making, can be defined as the depreciation of the value of a reward related to the time that it takes to be released. High rates of delay discounting are found in subjects who are willing to forgo greater rewards available only after some length of time and who show a preference for smaller rewards that are available immediately. Widely used as a measure of impulsiveness, delay discounting can be evaluated using experimental tasks. The present review evaluated tasks of delay discounting, their features, measures of evaluation and anomalies, and some variables that can affect delay discounting results and applications in the study of individual and intra-individual differences.
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Main subject:
Decision Making
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Impulsive Behavior
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2012
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Article