Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 259-265 , 30 April 2005

Impulsivity but not venturesomeness is related to morningness

  • Hervé Caci

      Affiliations

    • CHU de Nice, Hôpital Archet II, Service de Pédiatrie, 151, Route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 492 03 60 80; fax: +33 492 03 60 81.
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  • Vianney Mattei

      Affiliations

    • CHU de Nice, Hôpital Pasteur, Clinique de Psychiatrie Adulte et de Psychologie Médicale, Centre Mémoire, 30, Avenue de la Voie Romaine, BP 69, 06002 Nice Cedex, France
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  • Franck J. Baylé

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire, 1, rue Canabis, 75674 Paris, France
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  • Liliane Nadalet

      Affiliations

    • CHU de Nice, Hôpital Pasteur, Clinique de Psychiatrie Adulte et de Psychologie Médicale, Centre Mémoire, 30, Avenue de la Voie Romaine, BP 69, 06002 Nice Cedex, France
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  • Christelle Dossios

      Affiliations

    • CHU de Nice, Hôpital Archet II, Service de Pédiatrie, 151, Route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France
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  • Philippe Robert

      Affiliations

    • CHU de Nice, Hôpital Pasteur, Clinique de Psychiatrie Adulte et de Psychologie Médicale, Centre Mémoire, 30, Avenue de la Voie Romaine, BP 69, 06002 Nice Cedex, France
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  • Patrice Boyer

      Affiliations

    • CNRS UMR 7593, Hôpital de la Salpétrière, Pavillon de Clérambault 47, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France

Received 17 December 2003 ,Accepted 24 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.02.019

Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 259-265 , 30 April 2005

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