 Delay Discounting
"Delay Discounting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The tendency to devalue an outcome as a function of its temporal delay or probability of achievement. It can be evaluated in a psychological paradigm that involves the choice between receiving a smaller immediate reward or a larger delayed reward, and may be used to provide a measure of impulsive behavior.
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D065786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.785.373.346.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Delay Discounting- Delay Discounting
- Discounting, Delay
- Intertemporal Decision-Making
- Decision-Making, Intertemporal
- Intertemporal Decision Making
- Decision Making, Intertemporal
- Temporal Discounting
- Discounting, Temporal
- Intertemporal Preferences
- Intertemporal Preference
- Preference, Intertemporal
- Preferences, Intertemporal
Delayed Gratification- Delayed Gratification
- Gratification, Delayed
- Deferred Gratification
- Gratification, Deferred
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Delay Discounting" by people in Profiles.
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Gelino BW, Felton JW, Hung IT, Strickland JC, Kahn GD, Thomas NS, Gowin JL, Sloan ME, Palmer AA, Sanchez-Roige S, Sanches MR, Yip SW, Maher BS, Rabinowitz JA. Delay discounting violations vary by adolescent sociodemographics: Excluding nonsystematic data may bias conclusions. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2026 Feb; 34(1):31-43.
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Thorpe HHA, Cupertino RB, Pakala SR, Fontanillas P, Jennings MV, Yang J, Meredith JJ, Greenwood T, Bianchi SB, Vilar-Ribó L, Niarchou M, Elson SL, Ideker T, Davis LK, MacKillop J, deWit H, Gustavson DE, Mallard TT, Palmer AA, Sanchez-Roige S. Genome-wide association study of delay discounting identifies 11 loci and reveals transdiagnostic associations across mental and physical health. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Apr; 31(4):2081-2093.
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Cosgrove KT, Cornier MA, McHugo M, Melanson EL, Hild A, Kronberg E, Thomas EA, Dodd K, Claus ED, Tregellas JR, Legget KT. Exercise and diet effects on delay discounting and related neurobiology in adults with overweight or obesity: A randomized trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Jul; 33(7):1263-1274.
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Interian A, Myers CE, Brenner LA, Sweeney R, Osterberg T, Reddy V, Barnhart M, Hill LS, Miller RB, Beck KD, Cominski TP, Chan CC, Shafritz KM, Goodman MS, Hazlett EA. Choice and motor impulsivity in Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury with and without history of suicide attempt. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Dec; 342:116265.
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Sloan ME, Sanches M, Tanabe J, Gowin JL. Delay discounting and family history of psychopathology in children ages 9-11. Sci Rep. 2023 12 11; 13(1):21977.
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Wagner BJ, Schüller CB, Schüller T, Baldermann JC, Kohl S, Visser-Vandewalle V, Huys D, Marx M, Kuhn J, Peters J. Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation of the Human Nucleus Accumbens Region Disrupts the Stability of Intertemporal Preferences. J Neurosci. 2023 10 25; 43(43):7175-7185.
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Collado A, Felton J, Grunevski S, Doran K, Yi R. Working Memory Training Reduces Cigarette Smoking Among Low-Income Individuals With Elevated Delay Discounting. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 04 28; 24(6):890-896.
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Rösch SA, Stramaccia DF, Benoit RG. Promoting farsighted decisions via episodic future thinking: A meta-analysis. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2022 Jul; 151(7):1606-1635.
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Schüller CB, Wagner BJ, Schüller T, Baldermann JC, Huys D, Kerner Auch Koerner J, Niessen E, Münchau A, Brandt V, Peters J, Kuhn J. Temporal discounting in adolescents and adults with Tourette syndrome. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0253620.
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Gustavson DE, Friedman NP, Fontanillas P, Elson SL, Palmer AA, Sanchez-Roige S. The Latent Genetic Structure of Impulsivity and Its Relation to Internalizing Psychopathology. Psychol Sci. 2020 08; 31(8):1025-1035.
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