Drug abuse impacts neuropsychological functioning both directly by altering
neurochemistry, and indirectly by means of non-neurological systems [1]. Certainly drugs …

Coping is important for preventing relapse, but may be utilized differently depending on the
individual's level of cognitive functioning. Impaired reasoning, attention, and memory are …

A decision-making instrument known as the 'gambling task'was used, which has been
shown to be sensitive to the decision-making impairment of patients with bilateral lesions of …

INTRODUCTION: Extensive evidence demonstrates that current cocaine abusers show
hypoactivity in anterior cingulate and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and respond poorly …

Background Cognitive deficits are observed both in heroin dependence and in pathological
gambling (PG) on various tasks. PG, as a non-substance addiction, is free of toxic …

Objectives: The present research explored the effect of reward sensitivity bias and
metacognitive deficits on substance use disorder (SUD) in the decision-making process …

The aim of this study was to determine how constructive thinking (CT), executive functioning
(EF), and antisocial behavior (ASB) are related to drug use involvement in 282 adolescent …

Thirty codependent cocaine and alcohol users were compared with age-, education-, race-,
and sex-matched cocaine abusers (N= 30) and normals (N= 30) using an extended …

OBJECTIVE: Studies of the neurobiological processes underlying drug addiction primarily
have focused on limbic subcortical structures. Here the authors evaluated the role of frontal …

Cognitive impairments in substance use disorders have been extensively researched,
especially since the advent of cognitive and computational neuroscience and neuroimaging …