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Individual differences in COVID-19 mitigation behaviors: The roles of age, gender, psychological state, and financial status by Myerson, Joel, Strube, Michael J, Green, Leonard, Hale, Sandra

“…The present study examined individual characteristics potentially associated with changes in mitigation behaviors (social distancing and hygiene) recommended…”
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Discounting of Monetary and Directly Consumable Rewards by Estle, Sara J., Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Holt, Daniel D.

“…We compared temporal and probability discounting of a nonconsumable reward (money) and three directly consumable rewards (candy, soda, and beer). When rewards…”
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Discounting of delayed rewards: Missing data imputation for the 21- and 27-item monetary choice questionnaires by Yeh, Yu-Hua, Tegge, Allison N, Freitas-Lemos, Roberta, Myerson, Joel, Green, Leonard, Bickel, Warren K

“…The Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) is a widely used behavioral task that measures the rate of delay discounting (i.e., k), the degree to which a delayed…”
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Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum by Myerson, Joel, Strube, Michael J, Green, Leonard, Hale, Sandra, Bernstein, Bridget

“…CDC-recommended mitigation behaviors and vaccination status were assessed in an online sample ( N  = 810; ages 18–80). Results were consistent with a…”
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The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in reward valuation and future thinking during intertemporal choice by Ciaramelli, Elisa, De Luca, Flavia, Kwan, Donna, Mok, Jenkin, Bianconi, Francesca, Knyagnytska, Violetta, Craver, Carl, Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Rosenbaum, R Shayna

“…Intertemporal choices require trade-offs between short-term and long-term outcomes. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) damage causes steep discounting of…”
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Differential effects of amount on temporal and probability discounting of gains and losses by ESTLE, Sara J, GREEN, Leonard, MYERSON, Joel, HOLT, Daniel D

“…In four experiments, we compared the effects of delay, probability, and monetary amount on the subjective value of gains and losses. For delayed gains, smaller…”
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Short-sighted decision-making by those not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Halilova, Julia G., Fynes-Clinton, Samuel, Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Wu, Jianhong, Ruggeri, Kai, Addis, Donna Rose, Rosenbaum, R. Shayna

“…Widespread vaccination is necessary to minimize or halt the effects of many infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Stagnating vaccine uptake can prolong…”
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Delay discounting of monetary rewards over a wide range of amounts by Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Oliveira, Luís, Chang, Seo Eun

“…The present study examined delay discounting of hypothetical monetary rewards over a wide range of amounts (from $20 to $10 million) in order to determine how…”
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The Structure of Working Memory Abilities Across the Adult Life Span by HALE, Sandra, ROSE, Nathan S, MYERSON, Joel, STRUBE, Michael J, SOMMERS, Mitchell, TYE-MURRAY, Nancy, SPEHAR, Brent

“…The present study addresses three questions regarding age differences in working memory: (1) whether performance on complex span tasks decreases as a function…”
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Are people really more patient than other animals? Evidence from human discounting of real liquid rewards by Jimura, Koji, Myerson, Joel, Hilgard, Joseph, Braver, Todd S., Green, Leonard

“…In previous studies, researchers have found that humans discount delayed rewards orders of magnitude less steeply than do other animals. Humans also discount…”
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AREA UNDER THE CURVE AS A MEASURE OF DISCOUNTING by Myerson, Joel, Green, Leonard, Warusawitharana, Missaka

“…We describe a novel approach to the measurement of discounting based on calculating the area under the empirical discounting function. This approach avoids…”
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Domain independence and stability in young and older adults’ discounting of delayed rewards by Jimura, Koji, Myerson, Joel, Hilgard, Joseph, Keighley, Julia, Braver, Todd S., Green, Leonard

“…► Individuals’ delay discounting of both real liquid rewards and hypothetical monetary rewards was stable for more than several weeks. ► Individuals’…”
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Decision-Making during the Pandemic: Compassion, Trust, and the Altruistic Paradox by Myerson, Joel, Strube, Michael J., Green, Leonard, Hale, Sandra, Bernstein, Bridget

“…The occurrence of breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated individuals argues against abandoning mitigation efforts such as social distancing…”
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A comparison of four models of delay discounting in humans by McKerchar, Todd L., Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Pickford, T. Stephen, Hill, Jade C., Stout, Steven C.

“…The present study compared four prominent models of delay discounting: a one-parameter exponential decay, a one-parameter hyperbola [Mazur, J.E., 1987. An…”
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Cross-Modal Enhancement of Speech Detection in Young and Older Adults: Does Signal Content Matter? by Tye-Murray, Nancy, Spehar, Brent, Myerson, Joel, Sommers, Mitchell S, Hale, Sandra

“…OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of age and visual content on cross-modal enhancement of auditory speech detection. Visual…”
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Streamlined Process for the Chemical Synthesis of RNA Using 2′-O-Thionocarbamate-Protected Nucleoside Phosphoramidites in the Solid Phase by Dellinger, Douglas J, Timár, Zoltán, Myerson, Joel, Sierzchala, Agnieszka B, Turner, John, Ferreira, Fernando, Kupihár, Zoltán, Dellinger, Geraldine, Hill, Kenneth W, Powell, James A, Sampson, Jeffrey R, Caruthers, Marvin H

“…An improved method for the chemical synthesis of RNA was developed utilizing a streamlined method for the preparation of phosphoramidite monomers and a…”
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Temporal Discounting When the Choice Is Between Two Delayed Rewards by Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Macaux, Eric W

“…The present experiments extend the temporal discounting paradigm from choice between an immediate and a delayed reward to choice between 2 delayed rewards: a…”
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Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Discounting Delayed and Probabilistic Rewards by Du, Wanjiang, Green, Leonard, Muerson, Joel

“…In order to assess the cross-cultural generality of monetary decision-making processes, American, Chinese, and Japanese graduate students were studied on two…”
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Amount of Reward Has Opposite Effects on the Discounting of Delayed and Probabilistic Outcomes by Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Ostaszewski, Pawel

“…Previous research has shown that the value of large future rewards is discounted less steeply than is the value of small future rewards. These experiments…”
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Delay discounting of saccharin in rhesus monkeys by Freeman, Kevin B., Green, Leonard, Myerson, Joel, Woolverton, William L.

“…The value of a reinforcer decreases as the time until its receipt increases, a phenomenon referred to as delay discounting. Although delay discounting of…”
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