Compulsion and impulsivity are both primary features of drug addiction. Based on decades
of animal research, we have a detailed understanding of the factors (both environmental and …

Drug addiction can be considered an impulse control disorder in that addicts exhibit
increased impulsivity on both behavioural and self-report measures. We investigated …

Drug-addicted individuals show high levels of impulsive choice, characterized by preference
for small immediate over larger but delayed rewards. Although the causal relationship …

Impulsive choice, one aspect of impulsivity, is characterized by an abnormally high
preference for small, immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards, and can be a feature …

Alcohol misuse and dependence, and many of its accompanying psychological problems,
are associated with heightened levels of impulsivity that both accelerate the development of …

Poor impulse control has been associated with compulsive drug seeking and an enhanced
risk of relapse, suggesting that impulsivity is causally related to addiction proneness and …

Addictive disorders are characterized by impulsive behavior that leads to difficulties in
preventing certain behaviors despite negative consequences. This symptom predisposes to …

Impulsivity and compulsivity represent useful conceptualizations that involve dissociable
cognitive functions, which are mediated by neuroanatomically and neurochemically distinct …

Drug abuse and dependence define behavioral states involving increased allocation of
behavior towards drug seeking and taking at the expense of more appropriate behavioral …

It is well established that poor inhibitory control confers both a vulnerability to, and
maintenance of, addictive behaviors across the substance and behavioral spectrums. By …