Behavioural economic accounts of addiction conceptualize harmful drug use as an operant
reinforcer pathology, emphasizing that a drug is consumed because of overvaluation of …

Steep delay discounting is characterized by a preference for small immediate outcomes
relative to larger delayed outcomes and is predictive of drug abuse, risky sexual behaviors …

We demonstrate through theoretical, empirical, and sociocultural evidence that the concept
of impulsivity fails the basic requirements of a psychological construct and should be …

This book reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are later changed
as a result of this learning. Nearly all of our behaviors are influenced by prior learning …

Highlights•Delay discounting (DD) indicates choice between smaller, sooner and larger,
later reinforcers.•DD modulates the risk of substance use disorder, other disorders, and …

Delay discounting paradigms have gained widespread popularity across clinical research.
Given the prevalence in the field, researchers have set lofty expectations for the importance …

In everyday decision-making, individuals make trade-offs between short-term and long-term
benefits or costs. Depending on many factors, individuals may choose to wait for larger …

Episodic future thinking (EFT) denotes our capacity to imagine prospective events. It has
been suggested to promote farsighted decisions that entail a trade-off between short-term …

Self-reflection is suggested to attenuate feelings, yet researchers disagree on whether
adopting a distant or near perspective, or processing the experience abstractly or concretely …

Objective: Behavioral economic theory suggests that a reduction in alcohol use is most likely
when there is an increase in rewarding substance-free activities. Anxiety has also been …