An fMRI investigation of delay discounting in patients with schizophrenia

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 384-401

  Avsar, Kathy Burton ^a,b   Weller, Rosalyn Eve ^b   Cox, James Edward ^b   Reid, Meredith Amanda ^a,c   White, David Matthew ^a   Lahti, Adrienne Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Executive function; Intertemporal; Reward; Schizophrenia; Subjective value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84893496586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.135     Document Type: Article

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