Poor decision-making by chronic marijuana users is associated with decreased functional responsiveness to negative consequences

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Wesley, Michael J ^a   Hanlon, Colleen A ^a   Porrino, Linda J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Cannabis; Emotion; Functional MRI; Human; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650171305     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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