On the Mismeasurement of Impulsivity: Trait, Behavioral, and Neural Models in Alcohol Research among Adolescents and Young Adults

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  King, Kevin M ^a   Patock Peckham, Julie A ^b   Dager, Alecia D ^c,d   Thimm, Kristine ^a   Gates, Jonathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol involvement; Alcohol use disorders; Disinhibition; fMRI; Impulsivity; Neural imaging; Self control; State trait models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912033158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-013-0005-4     Document Type: Review

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