According to the dual systems perspective, risk taking peaks during adolescence because
activation of an early-maturing socioemotional-incentive processing system amplifies …

The construct of impulsivity is implicated in a wide variety of psychopathology. However, the
heterogeneous factors or subcomponents that differentially predict outcomes are still in the …

An important advance in understanding and defining mental disorders has been the
development of empirical approaches to mapping dimensions of dysfunction and their …

Background The personality traits of positive and negative urgency refer to the tendencies to
act rashly when experiencing unusually positive or negative emotions, respectively …

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

Background Although there is considerable support for the relationship between impulsivity
and alcohol use, the use of multidimensional conceptualizations of impulsivity and alcohol …

Heightened impulsivity has been identified as a risk marker for excessive and problematic
alcohol use, particularly during adolescence when impulsive behaviour is elevated and …

Each day we are faced with continuing claims made by media pundits, politicians, teachers,
and friends, often quoting research. Consider also the numerous comments and posts on …

There has been little empirical evidence examining the overlap in nomothetic span for self-
report measures and construct representation for behavioral lab tasks in most psychological …

There are well‐established links between impulsivity and alcohol use in humans and other
model organisms; however, the etiological nature of these associations remains unclear …