Recent Translational Findings on Impulsivity in Relation to Drug Abuse

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-300

  Weafer, Jessica ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne H ^b   de Wit, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Drug abuse; Impulsive behavior; Impulsive choice; Inhibitory control; Stop signal task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920945513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-014-0035-6     Document Type: Review

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