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Hyperactivity and Delay Aversion—I. The Effect of Delay on Choice

Sonuga‐Barke, E. J. S., Taylor, E., Sembi, S., Smith, J.·1992·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Two experiments are reported in which hyperactive and control children repeatedly chose between small immediate and large delayed rewards. In experiment 1, the best choice option was manipulated by varying levels of delay after reward delivery. In experiment 2 it was manipulated by changing the economic constraint (10 minutes or 20 trials). Both groups were equally efficient at earning points under most conditions, but hyperactive children exhibited a maladaptive preference for the small reward under the trials constraint. The results suggest that hyperactive children were more concerned to reduce overall delay levels than either to maximize reward amount or immediacy.

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  • Recent functional neuroimaging studies suggest that anomalies within frontolimbic circuits, which are not typically associated with executive functions, may underlie emotional lability in children with ADHD.

    “These studies have consisted of relatively small samples and require replication, but nonetheless, suggest that anomalies within frontolimbic circuits, which are not typically associated with executive functions, may underlie emotional lability in children with ADHD.”

    From Using Stimulants to Treat ADHD-Related Emotional Lability (2014) · cites this paper as [24]

  • Compelling data support hypotheses that executive, motivational, inhibitory control, cognitive-energetic, and reward-related deficits are central to the etiology of ADHD.

    “Compelling data support an array of hypotheses that posit executive (Pennington & Ozonoff, 1996), motivational (Sonuga-Barke, Taylor, Sembi, & Smith, 1992; Sonuga-Barke, Williams, Hall, & Saxton, 1996), inhibitory control (Barkley, 1997), cognitive-energetic (Sergeant et al., 1999) and reward-related (Sagvolden et al., 2005) deficits as being central to the etiology of ADHD.”
  • Choosing for immediate rewards, and thus steep discounting, is hypothesized to be the result of a high aversion to delay.

    “Sonuga-Barke and colleagues (Sonuga-Barke, 2005; Sonuga-Barke, Taylor, Sembi, & Smith, 1992) have hypothesized that choosing for immediate rewards, and thus steep discounting, is the result of a high aversion to delay.”

    From Behavioral trainings and manipulations to reduce delay discounting: A systematic review (2019) · cites this paper as Sonuga-Barke, Taylor, Sembi, & Smith, 1992

  • Delay aversion plays a role in human impulsive choice, especially in children diagnosed with ADHD.

    “This is of interest in light of the observation that delay aversion plays a role in human impulsive choice, particularly in children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; Marco et al., 2009; Sonuga-Barke, Taylor, Sembi, & Smith, 1992).”

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Authors
Sonuga‐Barke, E. J. S., Taylor, E., Sembi, S., & Smith, J.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1992-02
Volume
33
Issue
2
Pages
387-398
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
OpenAlex
W2007766526
Cited by
578
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
hyperactivity, delay aversion, delay discounting, reward choice, impulsivity, children, time preference
MeSH terms
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Choice Behavior, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Male, Reward, Time Factors

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