Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.
Volume: 128, Issue: 1, Pages: 78 - 87
Published: Jan 1, 1999
Abstract
Fifty-six heroin addicts and 60 age-matched controls were offered choices between monetary rewards (11-0) available immediately and larger rewards (25-5) available after delays ranging from 1 week to 6 months. Participants had a 1-in-6 chance of winning a reward that they chose on one randomly selected trial. Delay-discounting rates were estimated from the pattern of participants' choices. The discounting model of impulsiveness (Ainslie,...
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Title
Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.
Published Date
Jan 1, 1999
Volume
128
Issue
1
Pages
78 - 87
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