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SynthesisJournal of experimental psychology. General2018

Experimental reductions of delay discounting and impulsive choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jillian M Rung, Gregory J Madden

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Synthesis in Journal of experimental psychology. General, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Delay discounting of different outcomes: Review and theory.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2020
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  11. Is episodic future thinking effective in mitigating the influence of time preference in time trade-off?The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2025
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  14. Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2022
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  15. Internal Validity of Two Promising Methods of Altering Temporal Orientation among Cigarette Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  18. Pathways to Recovery among Homeless People with Mental Illness: Is Impulsiveness Getting in the Way?Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jillian M RungDepartment of Psychology, Utah State University.
Gregory J MaddenDepartment of Psychology, Utah State University.

Funding

Delay Exposure Training Produces Large and Lasting Changes in Impulsive Choice – Why?R21DA042174 · NIDA · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MADDEN, GREGORY J · 2016 to 2017
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NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA042174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many behaviors posing significant risks to public health are characterized by repeated decisions to forego better long-term outcomes in the face of immediate temptations. Steeply discounting the value of delayed outcomes often underlies a pattern of impulsive choice. Steep delay discounting is correlated with addictions (e.g., substance abuse, obesity) and behaviors such as seatbelt use and risky sexual activity. As evidence accumulates suggesting steep delay discounting plays a causal role in these maladaptive behaviors, researchers have begun testing methods for reducing discounting. In this first systematic and comprehensive review of this literature, the findings of 92 articles employing different methodologies to reduce discounting are evaluated narratively and meta-analytically. Although most of the methods reviewed produced significant reductions in discounting, they varied in effect sizes. Most methods were ideal for influencing one-off choices (e.g., framing and priming manipulations), although other successful manipulations, such as episodic future thinking, could be incorporated into existing therapies designed to produce longer-lasting changes in decision-making. The largest and longest-lasting effects were produced by learning-based manipulations, although translational research is needed to determine the generality and clinical utility of these methods. Methodological shortcomings in the existing literature and suggestions for ameliorating these issues are discussed. This review reveals a variety of methods with translational potential, which, through continued refinement, may prove effective in reducing impulsive choice and its associated maladaptive decisions that negatively impact quality of life. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Choice BehaviorDelay DiscountingHumansImpulsive BehaviorPublic HealthRisk-Taking

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PMID30148386
PMCPMC6112163

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