Probability discounting among cigarette smokers and nonsmokers: Molecular analysis discerns group differences

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 633-639

  Yi, Richard ^a,b   Chase, Whitney D ^a   Bickel, Warren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Human; Probability discounting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34948872561     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3282effbd3     Document Type: Article

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