Discounting in pigeons when the choice is between two delayed rewards: implications for species comparisons

Studies of delay discounting typically have involved choices between smaller, immediate outcomes and larger, delayed outcomes. In a study of delay discounting in humans, Green, Myerson, and Macaux (2005) added a period of time prior to both outcomes, creating a delay common to both. They found tha...

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Main Authors: Amanda L. Calvert, Leonard eGreen, Joel eMyerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00096/full