Sentences with phrase «discount delayed rewards»

Pathological gamblers, with and without substance use disorders, discount delayed rewards at high rates.

Petry (2001) showed that persons who were pathological gamblers, with and without substance abuse disorders, had very high rates of discounting delay rewards in a behavioral task.

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Frederick et al. (2002) found that individuals with high discount rates tend to make decisions based on their desire for immediate gratification, and individuals with low discount rates prefer to delay gratification to obtain a better reward in the future.

In a study of 602 twins, Dr. Andrey Anokhin and his colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine found that delay discounting gradually improves as teens get older, such that 18 year - olds have a greater ability or tendency to wait for the larger delayed reward, as compared to younger teens.

Body weight, as determined by body mass index (BMI), was also strongly correlated with delay discounting, suggesting that people who don't place a high value on future rewards tend to have a higher BMI.

This shift in in dopamine release and associated tendency to choose smaller immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards is consistent with the phenomenon of delay discounting.

Both children and adults with ADHD also have elevated «delay discounting,» meaning that they overvalue immediate versus delayed rewards.

Caudate responses to reward anticipation associated with delay discounting behavior in healthy youth.

Appelhans BM, Woolf K, Pagoto SL, Schneider KL, Whited MC, Liebman R. Inhibiting food reward: delay discounting, food reward sensitivity, and palatable food intake in overweight and obese women.

One index of such behavior is termed delay discounting, which reflects an individual's relative preference for smaller, immediate rewards over larger rewards delayed in time (Green and Myerson, 2004).