Anticipatory stress restores decision-making deficits in heavy drinkers by increasing sensitivity to losses

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Gullo, Matthew J ^a,b   Stieger, Adam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Behavioral inhibition; Decision making; IGT; Punishment sensitivity; Reward sensitivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IOWA GAMBLING TEST; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBLIC SPEAKING; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960846718     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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