Drug abusers show impaired performance in a laboratory test of decision making

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1180-1187

  Grant, Steven ^a   Contoreggi, Carlo ^a   London, Edythe D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034083642     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00158-X     Document Type: Article

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