Background Methamphetamine has long been considered as a neurotoxic substance
causing cognitive deficits. Recently, however, the magnitude and the clinical significance of …

Impulsive people have a strong urge to act without thinking. It is sometimes regarded as a
positive trait but rash impulsiveness is also widely present in clinical disorders such as …

Impulsivity is the tendency to act prematurely without foresight. Behavioral and
neurobiological analysis of this construct, with evidence from both animal and human …

There is a longstanding association between substance-use disorders (SUDs) and the
psychological construct of impulsivity. In the first section of this review, personality and …

Aims Deficits in behavioural inhibitory control are attracting increasing attention as a factor
behind the development and maintenance of substance dependence. However, evidence …

Background Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct that has recently been recognized as a
factor contributing to enhanced vulnerability to drug abuse. Objectives In the present review …

Most substance abusers simultaneously use and abuse more than one substance, even
when there is a clear drug of choice. This pattern creates a great challenge in relating …

Most people who are regular consumers of psychoactive drugs are not drug addicts, nor will
they ever become addicts. In neurobiological theories, non-addictive drug consumption is …

The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) has been used to study decision-making differences in many
different clinical and developmental samples. It has been suggested that IGT performance …

Rationale Although there is considerable interest in how either executive function (EF) or
impulsivity relate to addiction, there is little apparent overlap between these research areas …