Propensity for risk taking and trait impulsivity in the Iowa Gambling Task
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Propensity for risk taking and trait impulsivity in the Iowa Gambling Task.
The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) is sensitive to decision making impairments in several clinical groups with frontal impairment. However the complexity of the IGT, particularly in terms of its learning requirements, makes it difficult to know whether disadvantageous (risky) selections in this task reflect deliberate risk taking or a failure to recognise risk. To determine whether propensity for ris...
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عنوان ژورنال: Personality and Individual Differences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0191-8869
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.013