Mechanisms of impulsive choice: I. Individual differences in interval timing and reward processing

Marshall, Andrew T.; Smith, Aaron P.; Kirkpatrick, Kimberly

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Mechanisms of impulsive choice: I. Individual differences in interval timing and reward processing

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Marshall, Andrew T., Smith, Aaron P., Kirkpatrick, Kimberly·2014·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

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Impulsive choice behavior incorporates the psychological mechanisms involved in the processing of the anticipated magnitude and delay until reward. The goal of the present experiment was to determine whether individual differences in such processes related to individual differences in impulsive choice behavior. Two groups of rats (Delay Group and Magnitude Group) were initially exposed to an impulsive choice task with choices between smaller–sooner (SS) and larger–later (LL) rewards. The Delay Group was subsequently exposed to a temporal discrimination task followed by a progressive interval task, whereas the Magnitude Group was exposed to a reward magnitude sensitivity task followed by a progressive ratio task. Intertask correlations revealed that the rats in the Delay Group that made more self‐controlled (LL) choices also displayed lower standard deviations in the temporal bisection task and greater delay tolerance in the progressive interval task. Impulsive choice behavior in the Magnitude Group did not display any substantial correlations with the reward magnitude sensitivity and progressive ratio tasks. The results indicate the importance of core timing processes in impulsive choice behavior, and encourage further research examining the effects of changes in core timing processes on impulsive choice.

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Imprecision in interval timing is correlated with impulsive choice and with delay discounting.
“The empirical observation that imprecision in interval timing is correlated with impulsive choice (Darcheville, Rivière, & Wearden, 1992; Marshall, Smith, & Kirkpatrick, 2014) and delay discounting (McClure, Podos, & Richardson, 2014)”
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Authors: Marshall, A. T., Smith, A. P., & Kirkpatrick, K.
Affiliations: Kansas State University (US)
Corresponding author: Kirkpatrick, Kimberly
ORCID: Marshall, Andrew T.
Smith, Aaron P.
Kirkpatrick, Kimberly
Venue: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-06-25
Volume: 102
Issue: 1
Pages: 86-101
ISSN: 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
1938-3711
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.88
PMC: PMC4232211
OpenAlex: W2156949417
Cited by: 75
References: 132
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FWCI: 5.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
K-State Research Exchange (Kansas State University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: NIMH (RO1-MH085739)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords: impulsive choice, delay discounting, interval timing, individual differences, rats, temporal bisection, delay tolerance, progressive ratio task, self-control
MeSH terms: Animals, Choice Behavior, Conditioning, Operant, Impulsive Behavior, Individuality, Male, Reward, Time Factors, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats, Delay Discounting

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