Altered neural reward representations in pathological gamblers revealed by delay and probability discounting

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Miedl, Stephan F ^a   Peters, Jan ^a   Büchel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SELF HELP; SMOKING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856735849     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1552     Document Type: Article

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