Background Self‐regulation (SR) is central to developmental psychopathology, but progress
has been impeded by varying terminology and meanings across fields and literatures …

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 …

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A
Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of …

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents
and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He …

Delay discounting refers to the decrease in subjective value of an outcome as the time to its
receipt increases. Across species and situations, animals discount delayed rewards, and …

Models and experiments on adaptive decision-making typically consider highly simplified
environments that bear little resemblance to the complex, heterogeneous world in which …

The tendency of animals to seek instant gratification instead of waiting for greater long-term
benefits has been described as impatient, impulsive or lacking in self-control. How can we …

Intertemporal choice tasks, which pit smaller/sooner rewards against larger/later ones, are
frequently used to study time preferences and, by extension, impulsivity and self-control …

Animals are an important model for studies of impulsivity and self-control. Many studies have
made use of the intertemporal choice task, which pits small rewards available sooner …

Are impulsive behaviors an adaptive response to living in harsh or unpredictable
environments? Formal models help address this question by providing cost–benefit …