Impulsive Behavior - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Review. Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction.

10 Oct 2008 We hypothesize that drug addiction can be viewed as the endpoint of a series of transitions from initial voluntary drug use through the loss of control over this behaviour, such that it becomes habitual and ultimately compulsive. We describe ... Read more...

Review. Cognitive and emotional consequences of binge drinking: role of amygdala and prefrontal cortex.

10 Oct 2008 Binge drinking is an increasingly recognized problem within the UK. We have studied the relationship of binge drinking to cognitive and emotional functioning in young adults, and have found evidence for increased impulsivity, impairments in spatial ... Read more...

Adolescent aggression and social cognition in the context of personality: impulsivity as a moderator of predictions from social information processing.

30 Aug 2008 This study asked how individual differences in social cognition and personality interact in predicting later aggressive behavior. It was hypothesized that the relationship between immediate response evaluations in social information processing ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Impulsive Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Review. Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction. 10 Oct 2008
• Review. Cognitive and emotional consequences of binge drinking: role of amygdala and prefrontal cortex. 10 Oct 2008
• Adolescent aggression and social cognition in the context of personality: impulsivity as a moderator of predictions from social information processing. 30 Aug 2008
• Combined type versus ADHD predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type: is there a difference in functional impairment? 30 Jul 2008
• The role of positive/negative outcome expectancy and refusal self-efficacy of Internet use on Internet addiction among college students in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2008
• Current suicide proneness and past suicidal behavior in adjudicated adolescents. 30 Jul 2008
• Salivary alpha-amylase levels and temporal discounting for primary reward under a simulated life-threatening condition. 30 Jul 2008
• Cross-modal extinction in a boy with severely autistic behaviour and high verbal intelligence. 20 Jul 2008
• Effects of alcohol on simulated driving and perceived driving impairment in binge drinkers. 29 Jun 2008
• A literature review of deliberate self-harm. 29 Jun 2008
• Cognitive endpoints as disease biomarkers: optimizing the congruency of preclinical models to the clinic. 29 Jun 2008
• Effects of alcohol on inhibitory processes. 29 Jun 2008
• Dimensions of psychopathy and their relationships to cognitive functioning in children. 29 Jun 2008
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): does new research support old concepts? 29 Jun 2008
• Contrasting effects of selective lesions of nucleus accumbens core or shell on inhibitory control and amphetamine-induced impulsive behaviour. 29 Jun 2008
• High impulsivity predicts the switch to compulsive cocaine-taking. 4 Jun 2008
• Psychometric characteristic of the Italian version of the Temperament and Character Inventory--revised, personality, psychopathology, and attachment styles. Jun 2008
• Personality types and risky health behaviors in Norwegian students. 30 May 2008
• Interaction of child and family psychopathology leading to suicidal behavior. 30 May 2008
• Suicide, misappropriation and impulsivity. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Impulsive Behavior'

Definition: An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.

Descriptor UI: D007175

Alternative terms: Impulsive Behavior; Behavior, Impulsive; Behaviors, Impulsive; Impulsive Behaviors;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.527;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif