Impulsivity and decision making.
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 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.
Zermatten
Ariane
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Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. ariane.zermatten@pse.unige.ch
Van der Linden
Martial
M
d'Acremont
Mathieu
M
Jermann
Françoise
F
Bechara
Antoine
A
D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology