Excessive Internet gaming and decision making: Do excessive World of Warcraft players have problems in decision making under risky conditions?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-433

  Pawlikowski, Mirko ^a   Brand, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gambling; Game of Dice Task; Internet addiction; Psychological psychiatric symptomatology; World of Warcraft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960698741     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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