Impulsivity : How Time and Risk Influence Decision Making /

As the 64th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on Motivation, this book focuses on impulsivity, a multi-faceted concept that encompasses such phenomena as the inability to wait, a tendency to act without forethought, insensitivity to consequences, and/or an inability to inhibit inappropriate...

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Other Authors: Stevens, Jeffrey R., 1974- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Nebraska Symposium on Motivation ; 64.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Impulsivity Jeffrey R. Stevens
  • Chapter 2: Delay of Gratification: Explorations of How and Why Children Wait and its Linkages to Outcomes over the Lifecourse Philip K. Peake
  • Chapter 3: From Risk and Time Preferences to Cultural Models of Causality: On the Challenges and Possibilities of Field Experiments, with Examples from Rural Southwestern Madagascar Bram Tucker
  • Chapter 4: A Fuzzy Trace Theory of Risk and Time Preferences in Decision Making: Integrating Cognition and Motivation Shahin Rahimi-Golkhandan, David M. N. Garavito, Bertrand B. Reyna-Brainerd, Valerie F. Reyna
  • Chapter 5: Devaluation of Outcomes Due to their Cost: Extending Discounting Models beyond Delay Suzanne H. Mitchell
  • Chapter 6: Engaging and Exploring: Cortical Circuits for Adaptive Foraging Decisions David L. Barack and Michael L. Platt
  • Chapter 7: Dissecting Impulsivity: Brain Mechanisms and Neuropsychiatric Implications Trevor W. Robbins and JW Dalley
  • Chapter 8: Toward Narrative Theory: Interventions for Reinforcer Pathology in Health Behaviors Warren K. Bickel, Jeffrey S. Stein, Lara N. Moody, Sarah E. Snider, Alexandra M. Mellis, & Amanda J. Quisenberry. .