Cognitive mechanisms underlying risky decision-making in chronic cannabis users

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-38

  Fridberg, Daniel J ^a   Queller, Sarah ^a   Ahn, Woo Young ^a   Kim, Woojae ^a   Bishara, Anthony J ^b   Busemeyer, Jerome R ^a   Porrino, Linda ^c   Stout, Julie C ^a,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cognitive modeling; Decision making; Iowa Gambling Task

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949875242     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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