Aba Inside Track

While choosing smaller-sooner rather than larger-later may be a common preference, is this a factor of our learning history, our lifetime development, or our genetic expression? This week, Dr. Amy Odum stops by to review how the study of delay discounting can support better understanding of socially-relevant problems like gambling and addiction in humans. But first: We’re talking about rats in operant chambers! This episode is available for 1.0 CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Haynes, J.M., Galizio, A., Frye, C.C.J., Towse, C.C., Morrissey, K.N., Serang, S., & Odum, A.L. (2021). Discounting of food an water in rats shows trait- and state-like characteristics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115, 495-509. doi: 10.1002/jeab.677 DeHart, W.B., Friedel, J.E., Berry, M., Fry, C.C.J., Galizio, A., & Odum, A.L. (2020). Comparison of delay discounting of different outcomes in cigarette smokers, smokeless tobacco users, e-cigarette users, and non-tobacco users. Journal of the Experimental