Decision making in children and adolescents: Impaired iowa gambling task performance in early adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1180-1187

  Smith, Dana G ^a   Xiao, Lin ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Decision making; Executive functions; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84871886664     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026342     Document Type: Article

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