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ReviewJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2026

The Genoeconomics of Impulsive Intertemporal Choice: A Critical Review.

Wei Q Deng, Kyla L Belisario, Amanda Doggett, Mahmoud Elsayed, Alysha Cooper, James MacKillop

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Review in Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Genoeconomics of Impulsive Intertemporal Choice: A Critical Review.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wei Q DengPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4212-2607
Kyla L BelisarioPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-9531
Amanda DoggettPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Mahmoud ElsayedPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Alysha CooperPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
James MacKillopPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8695-1071

Funding

CIHR CRC-2020-00170Juravinski Research InstitutePeter Boris Centre for Addictions ResearchPeter Boris Chair in Addictions Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dr. Warren Bickel tirelessly investigated delay discounting (DD), a behavioral economic index of impulsive decision making, as a determinant of numerous health outcomes. Among the factors that contribute to a person's level of DD, a burgeoning body of research has illuminated its genetic foundations and the extent to which it may be a mechanistically informative phenotype for genetic contributions to addiction, obesity, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and a wide array of other health behaviors. In this review, we provide a concise history of quantification of DD as a human decision-making phenotype, tracing its origins from economics and operant learning theory, and critically synthesize the existing evidence on its genetic architecture. Finally, despite innate genetic contributions, we also discuss evidence that DD is a modifiable health behavior, with high potential in precision medicine.

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Choice BehaviorDelay DiscountingImpulsive BehaviorAnimalsConditioning, OperantHumansPhenotype

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PMID42312888
PMCPMC13277395

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