The Iowa Gambling Task in depression - what have we learned about sub-optimal decision-making strategies?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Must, Anita ^a   Horvath, Szatmar ^a,b   Nemeth, Viola L ^a,b   Janka, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Decision making; Depression; Habenula; Outcome; Vmpfc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885414614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00732     Document Type: Short Survey

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