Comfort for uncertainty in pathological gamblers: A fmri study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 278, Issue , 2015, Pages 262-270

  Brevers, Damien ^a,b   Bechara, Antoine ^b   Hermoye, Laurent ^c   Divano, Luisa ^d   Kornreich, Charles ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Noël, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Imagilys ^*  (Belgium)

^d BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fmri; Gambling disorder; Insular cortex; Reward anticipation; Striatum; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POSTERIOR INSULA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; PUTAMEN; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GAMBLING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84908266138     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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