Many behaviors posing significant risks to public health are characterized by repeated
decisions to forego better long-term outcomes in the face of immediate temptations. Steeply …

Aims To synthesize continuous associations between delayed reward discounting (DRD)
and both addiction severity and quantity–frequency (QF); to examine moderators of these …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 140 (2) of
Psychological Bulletin (see record 2014-06337-001). The citation for Dougherty et al.(2009) …

The field of behavioral economics has made important inroads into the understanding of
substance use disorders through the concept of reinforcer pathology. Reinforcer pathology …

Background Although there is considerable support for the relationship between impulsivity
and alcohol use, the use of multidimensional conceptualizations of impulsivity and alcohol …

Rationale Delayed reward discounting (DRD) is a behavioral economic index of impulsivity
and numerous studies have examined DRD in relation to addictive behavior. To synthesize …

Background Episodic future thinking (EFT) requires an individual to vividly pre‐experience a
realistic future event. Inspired by previous reports of reducing delay discounting following …

Delay discounting describes the devaluation of a reinforcer as a function of the delay until its
receipt. Although all people discount delayed reinforcers, one consistent finding is that …

Humans and animals prefer immediate over delayed rewards (delay discounting). This
preference for smaller-but-sooner over larger-but-later rewards shows substantial …

There is a longstanding association between substance-use disorders (SUDs) and the
psychological construct of impulsivity. In the first section of this review, personality and …