- Both children and adults with ADHD have higher rates of delayed discounting than neurotypical people
- Decisionmaking is more of a struggle for ADHDers

ADHD - Measurement of Delayed Discounting

- Higher delayed discounting when willing to decline greater rewards available in the near future; preference for smaller awards available immediately
- Relationship to executive function - neurotypical= lower delayed discounting - easier to wait for larger rewards for the near future 
- ADHD: higher delayed discounting - impulse control is hard  

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- These tasks make it easier to notice and identify executive functioning differences 
- Process leading to an informed choice 
- In the delayed discounting tasks, the individual makes choices - either pursues a small but faster reward or a larger but delayed reward 

Delayed Discounting Tasks 

Fabio, R. A., Bianco, M., Caprì, T., Marino, F., Ruta, L., Vagni, D., & Pioggia, G. (2020). Working memory and decision making in children with ADHD: An analysis of delay discounting with the use of the dual-task paradigm. BMC Psychiatry, 20(272). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02677-y



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