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Bussey-Saksida Touch Systems > Chambers and Components for Mice
As a measure of impulsivity, the Delay Discounting Task (DD) measures how long the rodent is prepared to wait for a larger reward.
Two stimuli positions are set up with one position giving a small reward after a short delay and the other offering a larger reward after a longer delay. Position, delay, and reward are set by user with the reward positions remaining constant throughout the experiment.
The experiment is split into 4 groups of 12 trials, each group having a progressively longer delay for the larger reward.