Adults with a family history of alcohol related problems are more impulsive on measures of response initiation and response inhibition

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 198-203

  Acheson, Ashley ^a,b   Richard, Dawn M ^a   Mathias, Charles W ^a   Dougherty, Donald M ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Family history; Impulsivity; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GOSTOP IMPULSIVITY PARADIGM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMEDIATE MEMORY TASK; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE INHIBITION; RESPONSE INITIATION; SINGLE KEY IMPULSIVITY PARADIGM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWO CHOICE IMPULSIVITY PARADIGM; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960837610     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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