Reexamining the validity and reliability of the clinical version of the iowa gambling task: Evidence from a normal subject group

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Ching Hung ^a,b,c,d   Song, Tzu Jiun ^a   Chen, Ying Ying ^a,e   Lee, We Kang ^a   Chiu, Yao Chu ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical iowa gambling task version; Expected value; Gain loss frequency; Iowa gambling task; Prominent deck B phenomenon; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878951376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00220     Document Type: Article

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