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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Iowa Gambling Task"”.
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Functional Localization of Brain Activity in the Iowa Gambling Task Using Graph-Theoretical Methods
… In particular, the neuroimaging study of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Several task-related brain regions have been found during IGT performance using standard subtraction-based neuroimaging paradigms. However, the identification of a proper baseline for the IGT has complicated the study of …
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THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK AND REAL-WORLD DECISION MAKING
The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) was created to assess real world decision making deficits in patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and has become a clinical diagnostic measure of real world decision-making for vulnerable populations (i.e., substance abusers, gambling addicts, …
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Beyond Cognition: Examination of Iowa Gambling Task Performance, Negative Affective Decision-Making and High-Risk Behaviors Among Incarcerated Male Youth
… on a study examining the performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) of a group of male adolescents aged 16-18 years incarcerated at a secure corrections facility located near New York City. At the time of IGT administration, 45% of the study participants had been charged with crimes but not …
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Cognitive modeling analysis of decision-making processes in young adults at-risk and not at-risk for alcohol dependence
… model, to dissect young adult performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Drinking behavior and monetary incentive were examined as predictors of performance on the IGT. No differences were found among groups when data were analyzed using traditional behavioral analyses. However, when the …
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Risky decision-making in the Context of Contingency Management for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
… Use Disorder. Laboratory neurocognitive tasks typically utilized to assess risky decision-making have been able to distinguish participants with Substance Use Disorder from controls, although considerable heterogeneity is still evident within substance-using populations, which remains …
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Emotional Behavior in Subclinical Psychopathy
… influenced decision making as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara, Damasio, Damasio & Anderson, 1994) suggesting that at subclinical levels, psychopathic personality traits have a negligible influence on an individual’s use of somatic markers to guide behavior.</p>
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Dimension Reduction on Measures of Impulsivity
… were: The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, the Cued Go/No-Go Task, the Stroop Color-Word Interference Test, and the Delay and Probability Discounting Task (DPDT) – all tests performed in a Latin-square determined order by each of …
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Hedonia and Eudaimonia: Associations with Academic Success, Wellbeing, and Neuropsychological Functioning
… Stroop Color-Word test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and a Stop Signal task) and “hot” executive functioning (Iowa Gambling Task, Temporal Discounting Task). Semester GPA was collected from school records. Eudaimonia was significantly positively associated with GPA. Eudaimonia was also …
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Multiple Memory Systems in People With Schizophrenia: Possible Effect of Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications
… classification learning (PCL) and the Iowa gambling task (IGT), have been shown to rely on the dorsal striatum and the PFC, respectively. Studies have previously shown that patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics that affect the dorsal striatum (e.g., risperidone), have …
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How MAOA, decision-making, and negative parenting impact aggression and conduct problems in children: a gene by environment interaction study
… children. Measures include the buccal swab, the Iowa Gambling Task, the Teacher Report of Proactive and Reactive Aggression, the Behavior Assessment System for Children, and the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire. Analyses: Base models will test if MAOA variants, decision-making, and negative …
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Making Smart Choices when Faced with Risk: The Role of Interoceptive Awareness and Life Stress on Implicit Learning.
… Tracking Method (MTM) to determine IA, the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to assess decision-making in situations involving risk, and skin conductance levels (SCL) measured prior to each trial of the IGT as a visceral signal of arousal. Results indicated that IA was negatively correlated with …
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The Effect of Frontal Lobe Stress on Gambling Task Performance: Implications for Understanding Addictive Behavior
… been shown to perform poorer on decision-making tasks than non-substance abusing individuals (e.g. Bechara et al., 2001; Grant, Contoreggi, & London, 2000; Sanfey, Loewenstein, McClure, & Cohen, 2006). Research suggests that this difference in performance is likely due to cognitive deficits …
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THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANTIC PARTNERS ON MALES’ DECISION-MAKING
… measures: risk taking (using the Stoplight Task), preference for immediate rewards (using a Delay Discounting Task), reward learning and cost avoidance (using a modified version of the Iowa Gambling Task), and inhibitory control over both neutral and emotionally charged stimuli (using …