Impulsivity is associated with behavioral decision-making deficits

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Franken, Ingmar H A ^a   van Strien, Jan W ^a   Nijs, Ilse ^a   Muris, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Frontal functions; Impulsivity; Reversal learning; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD;

EID: 39649114802     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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