Heart rate correlates of utilitarian moral decision-making in alcoholism

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Carmona Perera, Martina ^a   Reyes del Paso, Gustavo A ^b   Pérez García, Miguel ^a   Verdejo García, Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependent individuals; Emotion; Heart rate; Moral decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS; EMOTION; HEART RATE; MORAL DECISION-MAKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS;

EID: 84887026251     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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