News tagged with impulsive behavior
Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychi ...
Study links ADHD medicine with better test scores
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Children on medicine for attention deficit disorder scored higher on academic tests than their unmedicated peers in the first large, long-term study suggesting this kind of benefit from the widely ...
Genes influence impulsive behavior, preceding the development of alcoholism
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Numerous studies have shown that highly impulsive behavior - defined as the tendency to choose small, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards - is more prevalent in drug addicts and alcoholics compared to individuals ...
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Impulsive eater? Remembering failures may help curb eating
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Remember when you pigged out on birthday cake? If you're an impulsive eater, that memory might help you choose a fruit salad next time around.
Research shows temptation more powerful than individuals realize
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Whether it's highlighted in major news headlines about Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes, or in personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, individuals regularly succumb to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. ...
Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a ...
Americans who believe in equality are more likely to buy on impulse
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2009 |
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A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that Americans who believe in equality are more-impulsive shoppers. And it has implications for how to market products differently ...
Caffeine intake prevents risk taking after extreme sleep deprivation
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Caffeine use prevents increased risk taking that occurs after several nights of total sleep deprivation, according to new research. Results indicate that despite extreme sleep deprivation, participants who had consumed caffeine ...
Glucose metabolism and recidivism of severe violent crimes in alcohol intoxications
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2009 |
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It is commonly known that alcoholism and alcohol intoxications are connected with severe violent crimes such as homicides. For instance, in Finland even 80 per cent of these crimes happen in alcohol intoxications. It has ...
Impulse control area in brain affected in teens with genetic vulnerability for alcoholism
Nov 06, 2008 |
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A new study suggests that genetic factors influence size variations in a certain region of the brain, which could in turn be partly responsible for increased susceptibility to alcohol dependence.
Cocaine exposure during pregnancy leads to impulsivity in male, not female, monkeys
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers ...
New study finds obese women more impulsive than other females
Nov 10, 2008 |
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A new study in the November issue of the journal Appetite finds that obese women display significantly weaker impulse control than normal-weight women, but between obese and normal-weight men, the impulsivity levels are ne ...
Area responsible for 'self-control' found in the human brain
Aug 21, 2007 |
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The area of the brain responsible for self-control—where the decision not to do something occurs after thinking about doing it—is separate from the area associated with taking action, scientists say in the ...
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