Alcohol dependence associated with increased utilitarian moral judgment: A case control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Khemiri, Lotfi ^a   Guterstam, Joar ^a   Franck, Johan ^a   Jayaram Lindström, Nitya ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84863007754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039882     Document Type: Article

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