"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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
- Intertemporal Decision-Making
- Decision-Making, Intertemporal
- Intertemporal Decision Making
- Decision Making, Intertemporal
- Temporal Discounting
- Discounting, Temporal
- Intertemporal Preferences
- Intertemporal Preference
- Preference, Intertemporal
- Preferences, Intertemporal
Delayed Gratification- Delayed Gratification
- Gratification, Delayed
- Deferred Gratification
- Gratification, Deferred
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Delay Discounting" by people in Profiles.
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Delay discounting and obesity in food insecure and food secure women. Health Psychol. 2021 Apr; 40(4):242-251.
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Development and quantification of measures for risky and delayed food and monetary outcome choices. Behav Processes. 2018 Jun; 151:16-26.
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The utility of behavioral economics in expanding the free-feed model of obesity. Behav Processes. 2016 Jun; 127:25-34.
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Delay discounting rates: a strong prognostic indicator of smoking relapse. Addict Behav. 2014 Nov; 39(11):1682-9.