Prefrontal system dysfunction and credit card debt

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1323-1332

  Spinella, Marcello ^a   Yang, Bijou ^b   Lester, David ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit card; Debt; Executive; Neuroeconomics; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRONTAL SYSTEM BEHAVIOR SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SALARY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4544376632     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490476011     Document Type: Article

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