George Ainslie

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Précis of Breakdown of Will
    George Ainslie
    Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320, USA
    Behav Brain Sci 28:635-50; discussion 650-73. 2005
  2. ncbi Non-instrumental belief is largely founded on singularity
    George Ainslie
    151 Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320 www picoeconomics org
    Behav Brain Sci 32:511-2. 2009
  3. ncbi Drugs' rapid payoffs distort evaluation of their instrumental uses
    George Ainslie
    Department of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa 151 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320 picoeconomics org
    Behav Brain Sci 34:311-2. 2011
  4. ncbi Building blocks of self-control: increased tolerance for delay with bundled rewards
    George Ainslie
    Department of Psychiatry, Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Temple University, Pennsylvania 19320, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 79:37-48. 2003
  5. ncbi Behavior. A marketplace in the brain?
    George Ainslie
    Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320, USA
    Science 306:421-3. 2004
  6. ncbi Frontoparietal cortical activity of methamphetamine-dependent and comparison subjects performing a delay discounting task
    John R Monterosso
    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 28:383-93. 2007
  7. ncbi The behavioral economics of will in recovery from addiction
    John Monterosso
    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 90:S100-11. 2007

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Précis of Breakdown of Will
    George Ainslie
    Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320, USA
    Behav Brain Sci 28:635-50; discussion 650-73. 2005
    ....
  2. ncbi Non-instrumental belief is largely founded on singularity
    George Ainslie
    151 Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320 www picoeconomics org
    Behav Brain Sci 32:511-2. 2009
    ..Human belief is intrinsically "unfounded" or under-founded, which may or may not be adaptive...
  3. ncbi Drugs' rapid payoffs distort evaluation of their instrumental uses
    George Ainslie
    Department of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa 151 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320 picoeconomics org
    Behav Brain Sci 34:311-2. 2011
    ..Because of hyperbolic overvaluation of short-term rewards, an individual's valuation depends on the time she forms it and the times she will revisit it, sometimes making her best long-term interest lie in total abstinence...
  4. ncbi Building blocks of self-control: increased tolerance for delay with bundled rewards
    George Ainslie
    Department of Psychiatry, Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Temple University, Pennsylvania 19320, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 79:37-48. 2003
    ..Because bundling in humans may be based on the perception that one's current choice is predictive of future choices, the data presented here may demonstrate an important building block of self-control...
  5. ncbi Behavior. A marketplace in the brain?
    George Ainslie
    Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320, USA
    Science 306:421-3. 2004
  6. ncbi Frontoparietal cortical activity of methamphetamine-dependent and comparison subjects performing a delay discounting task
    John R Monterosso
    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 28:383-93. 2007
    ..Therefore, while apparent inefficiency of cortical processing related to decision-making in MA abusers may contribute to the neural basis of enhanced delay discounting by this population, other factors remain to be identified...
  7. ncbi The behavioral economics of will in recovery from addiction
    John Monterosso
    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 90:S100-11. 2007
    ..We suggest that the bundling effect can also be discerned in the advice of 12-step programs...