Temporal Myopia

Christensen, Darren R.; Bickel, Warren K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_498

Darren R. Christensen² &
Warren K. Bickel²

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Temporal myopia is the inability to consider the long-term outcomes of an action when making a choice.

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Center for Addiction Research, Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St, 72205, Little Rock, AR, USA
Darren R. Christensen & Warren K. Bickel

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Christensen, D.R., Bickel, W.K. (2010). Temporal Myopia. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_498

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