Increased intra-individual reaction time variability in cocaine-dependent subjects: Role of cocaine-related cues

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-197

  Liu, Shijing ^a   Lane, Scott D ^a   Schmitz, Joy M ^a   Green, Charles E ^a   Cunningham, Kathryn A ^b   Moeller, F Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine dependence; Cocaine Stroop task; Ex Gaussian analysis; Intra individual reaction time variability

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAINDIVIDUAL REACTION TIME VARIABILITY; KERNEL METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755197055     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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