Impulsivity, inhibition and negative priming in ecstasy users

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1436-1441

  Dafters, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecstasy (MDMA); Impulsivity; Inhibition; Negative priming

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CANNABIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33746267117     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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