The iowa gambling task and the three fallacies of dopamine in gambling disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Linnet, Jakob ^a,b,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Division on Addictions   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; dopamine; Gambling disorder; Iowa gambling task (igt); Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885402945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00709     Document Type: Review

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