Increased response variability as a marker of executive dysfunction in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3033-3040

  Swick, Diane ^a,b   Honzel, Nikki ^a   Larsen, Jary ^a   Ashley, Victoria ^a  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Go NoGo; Impulsivity; Inhibitory control; PTSD; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; GO/NOGO; IMPULSIVITY; INHIBITORY CONTROL; PTSD; TBI;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888062477     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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