Impaired decision-making under risk in individuals with alcohol dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1924-1931

  Brevers, Damien ^a,b   Bechara, Antoine ^a   Cleeremans, Axel ^b   Kornreich, Charles ^b   Verbanck, Paul ^b   Noël, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Ambiguity; Decision making; Risk; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK-TAKING; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904401922     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12447     Document Type: Article

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