ArticleThe Psychological record2023
Moderate Stability among Delay, Probability, and Effort Discounting in Humans.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of test-retest reliability and stability of delay and probability discounting.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2024Pooled it
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- A large-scale dataset of choice and response-time data in intertemporal choice.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Sweet-taste liking is associated with preference for less risky and immediate rewards in economic decision-making.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Multivariate analysis of multimodal brain structure predicts individual differences in risk and intertemporal preference.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Reduced cortical complexity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex is associated with a greater preference for risky and immediate rewards.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
The stability of delay discounting across time has been well-established. However, limited research has examined the stability of probability discounting, and no studies of the stability of effort discounting are available. The present study assessed the steady-state characteristics of delay, probability, and effort discounting tasks across time with hypothetical rewards in humans, as well as whether response characteristics suggested a common discounting equation. Participants completed delay, probability, and effort discounting tasks on three occasions. We found moderate relative stability of delay and probability tasks, and similar evidence for absolute stability across time for all tasks. The interclass correlations coefficient showed some correspondence across time points and tasks, and higher levels of between subject variability, especially for the effort discounting task, suggesting trait level variables has a stronger influence on performance than state level variables. Performance on the delay and probability tasks were moderately correlated and similar mathematical functions fit choice patterns on both tasks (hyperbolic), suggesting that delay and probability discounting processes shared some common elements. Lower correlations and different function fits suggested that effort discounting involves more unique features.
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