Alexithymia, cumulative feedback, and differential response patterns on the iowa gambling task

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 883-902

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Bibby, Peter A ^a   Rosamond, Sara ^a   O'Grady, Claire ^a   Parcell, Alison ^a   Amos, Christopher ^b   McCutcheon, Christine ^b   O'Carroll, Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349148519     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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