Delayed reward discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis

2011/03/04 by James MacKillop, Michael Amlung, Michael T. Amlung +4 · 1,017 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Addiction #Addictive behavior #Clinical psychology #Delay discounting #Discounting #Gambling Behavior and Treatments #Gambling disorder #Impulsivity #Internal medicine #Medicine #Meta-analysis #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending #Publication bias #Study heterogeneity #Temporal discounting

paper · open access · doi:10.1007/s00213-011-2229-0

published in Psychopharmacology 216(3), 305-321 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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