Decision making under ambiguity but not under risk is related to problem gambling severity

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 568-574

  Brevers, Damien ^a   Cleeremans, Axel ^a   Goudriaan, Anna E ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^c,d,e   Kornreich, Charles ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Noël, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Pathological gambling; Risk taking; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ADHD SELF REPORT SCALE; ARTICLE; CARD PLAYING TASK; COIN FLIPPING TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPS TASK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84872412578     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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