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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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00096/full |