Cognitive impulsivity in cocaine and heroin polysubstance abusers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 950-966

  Verdejo García, Antonio J ^a   Perales, José C ^a   Pérez García, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Decision making; Executive control functions; Heroin; Impulsivity; Polysubstance abuse; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FIVE DIGIT TEST; GO NO GO TASK; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STROOP TASK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33847125810     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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