Sensation seeking and dosage effect: An exploration of the role of surprise in anti-cocaine messages

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^a   Yanovitzky, Itzhak ^a  

^a Rutgers University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine use; dosage effect; emotions; sensation seeking; visual messages

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSATION SEEKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 78650950330     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659890903490773     Document Type: Article

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