Distributed attentional deficits in chronic methamphetamine abusers: Evidence from the Attentional Network Task (ANT)

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-452

  Salo, Ruth ^a,b   Gabay, Shai ^c   Fassbender, Catherine ^a   Henik, Avishai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

ANT; Attention; Attentional network; Conflict; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84859240678     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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