Electrophysiological indices of biased cognitive processing of substance-related cues: A meta-analysis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1803-1816

  Littel, Marianne ^a   Euser, Anja S ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^b   Franken, Ingmar H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing bias; Cue reactivity; Event related potentials; Motivated attention; P300; Slow positive waves; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ABSTINENCE; AGE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GENDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84864807087     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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