ArticleJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2015
Working-memory training: effects on delay discounting in male Long Evans rats.
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- Experimental reductions of delay discounting and impulsive choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2018Pooled it
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- Mechanisms of impulsive choice: Experiments to explore and models to map the empirical terrain.Learning & behavior · 2023Review
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the orbitofrontal cortex reduces delay discounting.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- A framework for understanding and advancing intertemporal choice research using rodent models.Neurobiology of learning and memory · 2017Review
- Delay discounting and the use of mindful attention versus distraction in the treatment of drug addiction: a conceptual review.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2015Review
- Impulsive delayed reward discounting as a genetically-influenced target for drug abuse prevention: a critical evaluation.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Review
- I can't wait: Methods for measuring and moderating individual differences in impulsive choice.Journal of agricultural & food industrial organization · 2015Article
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Abstract
Delay discounting describes the devaluation of a reward as the delay to the receipt of the reward increases. Because steep delay discounting is robustly correlated with a number of behavioral problems (e.g., substance dependence, gambling) and some evidence suggests steep discounting precedes and predicts drug-taking in humans and rats, this study sought to experimentally reduce rats' delay discounting. Human stimulant-dependent participants given working-memory training reportedly decreased their rates of discounting relative to a sham-training group (Bickel, Yi, Landes, Hill, & Baxter, 2011). To evaluate the cross-species generality of this effect, 38 male Long-Evans rats, matched on pretraining delay-discounting rates, were randomly assigned to receive 140 sessions of working-memory training or sham training (which required no memory of the sample stimulus). Large between-group differences in working memory were observed after training; however, posttraining delay-discounting rates were undifferentiated across groups. Potential explanations for these findings are discussed.
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