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Specious reward: A behavioral theory of impulsiveness and impulse control.
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“We use delay discounting to quantify impulsivity, which measures the degree to which individuals devalue future rewards relative to immediate rewards (22)”
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- Authors
- Ainslie, G.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ainslie, George
- ORCID
- Ainslie, George
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1975-07
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 463-496
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2006619603
- Cited by
- 2,708
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 54 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 112 · 2021: 110 · 2020: 152 · 2019: 98 · 2018: 121 · 2017: 110 · 2016: 102 · 2015: 127 · 2014: 109 · 2013: 126 · 2012: 127
- FWCI
- 6.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- impulsivity, impulse control, behavioral theory, reward
- MeSH terms
- Behavior Therapy, Behaviorism, Choice Behavior, Cues, Economics, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Impulsive Behavior, Motivation, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, Social, Punishment, Reinforcement Schedule, Reward, Time Factors
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