Reduced attentional blink for gambling-related stimuli in problem gamblers

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-269

  Brevers, Damien ^a   Cleeremans, Axel ^b   Tibboel, Helen ^c   Bechara, Antoine ^d,e   Kornreich, Charles ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Noël, Xavier ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attentional blink; Gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; STIMULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79951776932     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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