Impulsivity and rapid decision-making for reward

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Heyes, Stephanie Burnett ^a,b   Adam, Robert J ^a   Urner, Maren ^a   van der Leer, Leslie ^a,c   Bahrami, Bahador ^a,d   Bays, Paul M ^a   Husain, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Decision making; Impulsivity; Reaction time; Reward; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867120013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00153     Document Type: Article

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