Do amnesic patients with Korsakoff's syndrome use feedback when making decisions under risky conditions? An experimental investigation with the Game of Dice Task with and without feedback

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Brand, Matthias ^a   Pawlikowski, Mirko ^a   Labudda, Kirsten ^a   Laier, Christian ^a   Rothkirch, Nadine von ^a   Markowitsch, Hans J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anterograde memory; Decision making; Emotional processing; Executive functions; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; AMNESIA; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 59449107123     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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