 Delay Discounting
"Delay Discounting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The tendency to devalue an outcome as a function of its temporal delay or probability of achievement. It can be evaluated in a psychological paradigm that involves the choice between receiving a smaller immediate reward or a larger delayed reward, and may be used to provide a measure of impulsive behavior.
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D065786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.785.373.346.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Delay Discounting- Delay Discounting
- Discounting, Delay
- Temporal Discounting
- Discounting, Temporal
- Intertemporal Preferences
- Intertemporal Preference
- Preference, Intertemporal
- Preferences, Intertemporal
- Intertemporal Decision Making
- Decision Making, Intertemporal
- Intertemporal Decision-Making
- Decision-Making, Intertemporal
Delayed Gratification- Delayed Gratification
- Gratification, Delayed
- Deferred Gratification
- Gratification, Deferred
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Bruce JM, Bruce AS, Lynch S, Thelen J, Lim SL, Smith J, Catley D, Reed DD, Jarmolowicz DP. Probability discounting of treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis: associations with disease knowledge, neuropsychiatric status, and adherence. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Nov; 235(11):3303-3313.
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Bruce JM, Bruce AS, Catley D, Lynch S, Goggin K, Reed D, Lim SL, Strober L, Glusman M, Ness AR, Jarmolowicz DP. Being Kind to Your Future Self: Probability Discounting of Health Decision-Making. Ann Behav Med. 2016 Apr; 50(2):297-309.
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