Delay Discounting
Synonyms
Decision Making, Intertemporal
Decision-Making, Intertemporal
Deferred Gratification
Delayed Gratification
Discounting, Delay
Discounting, Temporal
Gratification, Deferred
Gratification, Delayed
Intertemporal Decision Making
Intertemporal Decision-Making
Intertemporal Preference
Intertemporal Preferences
Preference, Intertemporal
Preferences, Intertemporal
Temporal Discounting
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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