Decision making, impulse control and loss of willpower to resist drugs: A neurocognitive perspective

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1458-1463

  Bechara, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; COGNITION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOPIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27644568988     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1584     Document Type: Review

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