The additive utility theory of discounting is extended to probability and commodity
discounting. Because the utility of a good and the disutility of its delay combine additively …

Would you prefer 50nowor 100 in 6 months? What if you made this decision for someone
else—would you be more impulsive or more self‐controlled? Some studies suggest we are …

Delay discounting, the decrease in outcome value as a function of delay to receipt, is an
extensive area of research. How delays are framed (ie, temporal framing), as well as the …

The rate of delay discounting exhibited by individuals has been experimentally altered by
manipulating the way in which time is described, a specific application of the framing effect …

Rachlin and colleagues laid the groundwork for treating the discounting of probabilistic
goods as a variant of the discounting of delayed goods. This approach was seminal for a …

Literature concerning operant behavioral economics shows a strong preference for the
coefficient of determination (R 2) metric to (a) describe how well an applied model accounts …

Delay-discounting studies in neuroscience, psychology, and economics have been mostly
focused on concepts of self-control, reward evaluation, and discounting. Another important …

Delay discounting and probability discounting decision making tasks in rodent models have
high translational potential. However, it is unclear whether the discounted value of the large …

We developed and examined a laboratory preparation with adult humans that pits shorter
term avoidance over longer term positive reinforcement and may serve as a useful …

The role of specific cognitive processes in deviations from constant discounting in
intertemporal choice is not well understood. We evaluated decreased impatience in …