Impulsivity and decision making

Decision making; Impulsivity; Premeditation; Somatic markers; Adult; Choice Behavior; Female; Gambling; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Male; Models, Psychological; Neuropsychological Tests; Personality Assessment; Personality Inventory; Prefrontal Cortex; Questionnaires; Task Performance and Analysis; Thinking

Abstract :

[en] The purpose of the present study was to explore the links among the four facets of impulsivity (urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking) proposed by Whiteside and Lynam (2001) and decision-making processes. Thirty undergraduate students completed a self-report questionnaire evaluating impulsivity as well as a task measuring decision-making processes, the Iowa Gambling Task. Zero-order correlations and multilevel analysis revealed that only lack of premeditation was specifically linked to disadvantageous decisions on the Gambling Task. This suggests that premeditation is related to decision making influenced by somatic (or emotional) markers. Copyright © 2005 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Zermatten, Ariane; Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, FPSE, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont d'Arve, 40, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

D'Acremont, Mathieu; Child and Adolescent Psychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Jermann, Françoise; Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Bechara, Antoine; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

Language :

English

Title :

Impulsivity and decision making

Publication date :

2005

Journal title :

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

ISSN :

0022-3018

eISSN :

1539-736X

Publisher :

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States - Maryland

Volume :

193

Issue :

Pages :

647-650

Peer reviewed :

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