Executive functioning and gambling: Performance on the trail making test is associated with gambling problems in older adult gamblers

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-670

  Von Hippel, William ^a   Ng, Lily ^b   Abbot, Laura ^a   Caldwell, Samantha ^a   Gill, Georgia ^a   Powell, Kym ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Inhibition; Mental set shifting; Problem gambling; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 70449102984     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580902871018     Document Type: Article

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