The Neuroeconomics of Tobacco Demand: An Initial Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Cigarette Cost-Benefit Decision Making in Male Smokers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Gray, Joshua C ^a   Amlung, Michael T ^b   Owens, Max ^a   Acker, John ^c   Brown, Courtney L ^d   Brody, Gene H ^e   Sweet, Lawrence H ^a   MacKillop, James ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CINGULATE GYRUS; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 85011621026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep41930     Document Type: Article

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