2012
Neural Processes of an Indirect Analog of Risk Taking in Young Nondependent Adult Alcohol Drinkers—An fMRI Study of the Stop Signal Task
Bednarski SR, Erdman E, Luo X, Zhang S, Hu S, Li C. Neural Processes of an Indirect Analog of Risk Taking in Young Nondependent Adult Alcohol Drinkers—An fMRI Study of the Stop Signal Task. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2012, 36: 768-779. PMID: 22339607, PMCID: PMC3647608, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01672.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal taskAlcohol useNeural processesSignal taskSocial drinkingRisk takingYoung adult social drinkersFrequency of drinkingAdult social drinkersRight superior frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonanceSelf-reported alcohol useSuperior frontal gyrusBrain imaging dataSuperior frontal cortexDangerous alcohol consumptionCognitive factorsNeural correlatesFMRI studyFrontal gyrusSocial drinkersHigh-level drinkingCorresponding effect sizesNumber of drinksNondependent drinkers
2008
Neural Correlates of Speeded as Compared with Delayed Responses in a Stop Signal Task: An Indirect Analog of Risk Taking and Association with an Anxiety Trait
Li CS, Chao H, Lee TW. Neural Correlates of Speeded as Compared with Delayed Responses in a Stop Signal Task: An Indirect Analog of Risk Taking and Association with an Anxiety Trait. Cerebral Cortex 2008, 19: 839-848. PMID: 18678764, PMCID: PMC2722793, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal taskSignal taskReaction timeTrial reaction timeStop-signal performanceFunctional magnetic resonanceMiddle frontal gyrusAdvantage of variabilityBilateral visual cortexPosterior cingulate cortexCognitive controlNeural correlatesNeural processesAmygdala activityTrait anxietyFrontal gyrusAnxiety traitsBehavioral paradigmsIndirect analogueCingulate cortexNeural analogRisk takingVisual cortexStop signalCurrent study