Adolescent neural response to reward is related to participant sex and task motivation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-62

  Alarcón, Gabriela ^a   Cservenka, Anita ^b   Nagel, Bonnie J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Motivation; Reward; Risk taking; Sex differences; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84994049544     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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