Reliability and validity of behavioral‐economic measures: A review and synthesis of discounting and demand

BP Miller, DD Reed, M Amlung - Journal of the experimental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review sought to synthesize the literature on the reliability and validity of behavioral‐
economic measures of demand and discounting in human research, introduce behavioral …

Multiscale behavior analysis and molar behaviorism: An overview

WM Baum - Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of evolutionary theory, behavior is the interaction between the organism and
its environment. Two implications follow:(a) behavior takes time; and (b) behavior is defined …

Discounting and the portfolio of desires.

PR Killeen - Psychological Review, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

Effects of delay and probability combinations on discounting in humans

DJ Cox, J Dallery - Behavioural processes, 2016 - Elsevier
To determine discount rates, researchers typically adjust the amount of an immediate or
certain option relative to a delayed or uncertain option. Because this adjusting amount …

Delay and probability discounting

L Green, J Myerson… - The Wiley Blackwell …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter presents the theoretical framework that has emerged from research on delay
discounting and probability discounting. It summarizes findings regarding the discounting of …

Individual differences in delay discounting: Differences are quantitative with gains, but qualitative with losses

J Myerson, AA Baumann… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Research on delay discounting and inter‐temporal choice has yielded significant insights
into decision making. Although research has focused on delayed gains, the discounting of …

Driven by consequences: The multiscale molar view of choice

WM Baum - Managerial and decision economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the Multiscale Molar View of behavior, all behavior is seen as choice and is measured as
time allocation. Because time is limited, activities compete for the limited time available …

Delay and probability discounting in cocaine use disorder: Comprehensive examination of money, cocaine, and health outcomes using gains and losses at multiple …

DJ Cox, SB Dolan, P Johnson… - Experimental and clinical …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Understanding factors associated with cocaine use disorder is important given its public
health impact. One factor is delay discounting (devaluation of future consequences) …

The roles of delay and probability discounting in texting while driving: Toward the development of a translational scientific program

Y Hayashi, HJ Fessler, JE Friedel… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A sample of 109 college students completed a survey to assess how frequently they send or
read text messages while driving. In a novel discounting task with a hypothetical scenario in …

Delay of gratification dissociates cognitive control and valuation brain regions in healthy young adults

B Lamichhane, E Di Rosa, TS Braver - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Delay of gratification (DofG) refers to an inter-temporal choice phenomenon that is of great
interest in many domains, including animal learning, cognitive development, economic …