Implicit measures of "wanting" and "liking" in humans

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 350-364

  Tibboel, Helen ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   Van Bockstaele, Bram ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Craving; Implicit attitudes; Implicit processes; Incentive sensitization; Liking; Wanting

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG LIKING; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; DRUG WANTING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SALIENCE NETWORK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBCORTEX; ADDICTION; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE;

HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLEASURE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84952047985     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.09.015     Document Type: Review

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