{"product_id":"impulsivity-gregory-j-madden-9781433804779","title":"Impulsivity: The Behavioral and Neurological Science of Discounting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpulsivity\u003c\/i\u003e explores the basis for the seemingly universal tendency to devalue rewards or punishments that are not immediately available. When confronted with any number of modern impulsive behaviors--such as drug use, pathological gambling, marital infidelity, and gluttony--individuals have a choice with two outcomes: an immediate benefit, such as getting high, or a delayed or probabilistic benefit, such as health, money saved, or the satisfaction of a good life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume is an approachable, comprehensive overview of the behavioral science and neuroscience of these impulsive choices and their relation to \u003ci\u003edelay discounting\u003c\/i\u003e--the tendency to devalue temporally distant rewards or punishments, even though they may greatly outbalance the immediate benefit of our choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The cutting-edge researchers who contributed to this volume have documented cross-species similarities in impulsive decision making and pioneered the neuroscience of impulsive choice. In this text they provide insights into harmless impulsive acts as well as those that dominate and destroy lives. The contributors tackle key issues such as whether impulsivity and risk taking are a trait or state; the neuroscience, neuroeconomics, and computational modeling of neural systems underlying impulsivity; and the relation between impulsivity and addictions, health decision making, altruism, and attention-deficit disorder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Theoretical debates regarding the origins of impulsivity round out this text, which will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in psychology, behavioral economics, psychopharmacology, behavioral analysis and therapy, and the science of decision making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory J. Madden,Warren K. Bickel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433804778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433804779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Psychological Association (APA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 9","brand":"Gregory J. Madden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48175393243391,"sku":"9781433804779","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7934d453-7176-4c2c-b95d-a44f4c15df7d.jpg?v=1771333508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/impulsivity-gregory-j-madden-9781433804779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}