Weak ventral striatal responses to monetary outcomes predict an unwillingness to resist cigarette smoking

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1196-1207

  Wilson, Stephen J ^a   Delgado, Mauricio R ^b   McKee, Sherry A ^c   Grigson, Patricia S ^d   MacLean, R Ross ^a   Nichols, Travis T ^a   Henry, Shannon L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Individual differences; Relapse; Reward; Smoking; Striatum

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SMOKING; VASCULARIZATION; VENTRAL STRIATUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REWARD; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VENTRAL STRIATUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939889796     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-014-0285-8     Document Type: Article

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