The neuropsychology of self-control and risk-taking : a focus on impulsive behaviour

Impulsivity is a behaviour that has received several definitions. The most recent and widely accepted definition hypothesises that it is influenced by several separate behaviours including self-control, risk-taking and inhibitory control. Drug abusers and pathological gamblers have been found to exh...

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Main Author: Hinvest, Neal
Published: University of Manchester 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492839