Joel Myerson

Joel Myerson

Joel Myerson appears on this site as co-author of the 1994 Psychological Science paper comparing delay discounting across the life span.

Who they are

The work of Joel Myerson reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Delay Discounting.

Key papers

Green, L., Fry, A. F., & Myerson, J. (1994). Discounting of delayed rewards: A life-span comparison. Psychological Science, 5(1), 33-36. What it reports: Children, young adults and older adults chose between immediate and delayed hypothetical rewards. All groups discounted delayed rewards, children the most and older adults the least, and one function with age-sensitive parameters described all three.

Key ideas

Delay Discounting: The fall in a reward's subjective value as the wait for it lengthens.

Sources

  1. Green, L., Fry, A. F., & Myerson, J. (1994). Discounting of delayed rewards: A life-span comparison. Psychological Science, 5(1), 33-36.