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A review of delay-discounting research with humans: relations to drug use and gambling

Reynolds, Brady·2006·Behavioural Pharmacology

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Delay discounting represents the extent to which consequences, or outcomes, decrease in effectiveness to control behavior as a function of there being a delay to their occurrence. Higher rates of delay discounting are often operationalized as an index of impulsivity, and as such impulsive discounting may hold considerable potential for understanding fundamental behavioral processes associated with a range of problematic behaviors - including drug use and pathological gambling. This paper first provides a review of several assessment methods used in delay-discounting research with humans. Following, the delay-discounting literature related to drug use and gambling is reviewed. Consistencies across this literature are identified; and future research directions are discussed, which include (a) improving methods of assessment for delay discounting and (b) moving drug-use research progressively to causal interpretations, with high rates of delay discounting either predisposing to drug use or resulting from drug use itself.

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  • Bias toward immediate rewards may be viewed as impulsivity and is a phenotype important for neural bases of addiction.

    “Such bias towards immediate rewards may be viewed as a form of impulsivity (Evenden, 1999), and a phenotype important for the neural bases of addiction (Reynolds, 2006).”

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    “This relationship is of high clinical relevance because impulsivity and impairments in reward processing are core features of many disorders, including ADHD (19, 20) and addiction (21).”
  • Increased DD rates are characteristic of a range of maladaptive and unhealthy behaviors including alcohol dependence, drug dependence, gambling problems, tobacco use, overeating, ADHD, conduct disorder, and risky sexual behaviors.

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Authors
Reynolds, B.
Affiliations
Abigail Wexner Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Reynolds, Brady
Venue
Behavioural Pharmacology
Published
2006-12
Volume
17
Issue
8
Pages
651-667
ISSN
0955-8810 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2031552645
Cited by
711
References
83
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavioural Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA020423)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
delay discounting, impulsivity, drug use, gambling addiction, assessment methods, causal interpretation, problematic behavior
MeSH terms
Gambling, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Reinforcement, Psychology, Time Factors, Substance-Related Disorders

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