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Decision-making under risk: from drugs to dopamine

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Insights Back to resource centre 21 December 2017 Decision-making under risk: from drugs to dopamine How can you tell if a decision was impulsive or risky? Using the Cambridge Gambling Task to unpick how different brain regions, different drugs and different dopamine levels impact on decision-making. The Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT) was designed to measure decision-making under risk. The term decision-making

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6 cognitive tests for research of depression and mood disorders

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Insights Back to resource centre 3 November 2015 6 cognitive tests for research of depression and mood disorders Mood disorders affect 5-10% of the adult population in a given year. The most common mood disorders are major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder. Here we explore the six CANTAB tests for objectively measuring cognitive function in depression. Mood disorders affect

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