Learning, Expectancy, and Behavioral Control: Implications for Drug Abuse

Associative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vogel Sprott, Muriel ^a   Fillmore, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Disinhibition; Expectancy; Impulsivity; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880540889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735969.003.0072     Document Type: Chapter

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