The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Yuliya Richard, Ahmed Moustafa
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 4 3 7 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 4 3 8 - 8
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of impulsivity and related psychological and neural substrates. The book is div… Read more
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The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of impulsivity and related psychological and neural substrates. The book is divided into four sections that provide the readers with a general overview of impulsivity, neural and cognitive substrates of impulsive behaviors, and the relationship between impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors. The second section discusses the links between impulsivity and erroneous behaviors, such as anger and aggressive behaviors and interpersonal violence. The third section reviews how impulsive behaviors are key features of several clinical disorders, such as pathological gambling, drug abuse, and antisocial personality disorder.
The last section presents possible treatment options for impulsivity, including a number case studies.
The last section presents possible treatment options for impulsivity, including a number case studies.
- Reviews links between impulsivity to anger and aggressive behaviors<
- Presents treatment options for impulsivity using mindfulness techniques
- Includes psychological and neural substrates of impulsivity within each chapter
Clinical psychologists and clinical psychiatrists, Graduate students and researchers in psychology
Section I: Impulsivity and sexual behaviors
1. Impulsivity in the context of pornography use and compulsive sexual behavior
2. Compulsive sexual behavior: disorder and impulsivity
3. Impulsivity and sexting
4. Impulsivity and gender-based violence in intimate partner relationships: insights from Latin America (Ecuador and Argentina)
Section II: Impulsivity and addictive behaviors
5. Impulsivity and its relationships with social media addiction, internet addiction, and smartphone addiction
6. How impulsivity influences Nigerian youth’s waterpipe tobacco smoking behavior: Investigating the moderating role of denormalization of waterpipe tobacco in online newspapers
7. Childhood adversity, suicidality, and substance use: links to impulsivity
8. Impulsivity and addictions
Section III: Impulsivity in clinical conditions
9. Impulsivity in decision-making: The case of behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia
10. Mental health states and impulsivity: role of stress, depression, and anxiety
11. Impulsivity and psychopathy associations under the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy
12. Impulsivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Section IV: Impulsivity and everyday life behaviors
13. The various aspects of impulsivity: a review of research studies in the Arab world, especially Egypt
14. Consumer impulsive buying: causes, consequences, and control
15. The buying impulse: Delving into the psychological depths of irresistible buying behavior
16. The case for impulsivity screening in driving license examinations
17. Driving and impulsivity
18. Impulsivity and intimate partner violence
19. Impulsivity from the personality psychologist’s perspective
1. Impulsivity in the context of pornography use and compulsive sexual behavior
2. Compulsive sexual behavior: disorder and impulsivity
3. Impulsivity and sexting
4. Impulsivity and gender-based violence in intimate partner relationships: insights from Latin America (Ecuador and Argentina)
Section II: Impulsivity and addictive behaviors
5. Impulsivity and its relationships with social media addiction, internet addiction, and smartphone addiction
6. How impulsivity influences Nigerian youth’s waterpipe tobacco smoking behavior: Investigating the moderating role of denormalization of waterpipe tobacco in online newspapers
7. Childhood adversity, suicidality, and substance use: links to impulsivity
8. Impulsivity and addictions
Section III: Impulsivity in clinical conditions
9. Impulsivity in decision-making: The case of behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia
10. Mental health states and impulsivity: role of stress, depression, and anxiety
11. Impulsivity and psychopathy associations under the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy
12. Impulsivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Section IV: Impulsivity and everyday life behaviors
13. The various aspects of impulsivity: a review of research studies in the Arab world, especially Egypt
14. Consumer impulsive buying: causes, consequences, and control
15. The buying impulse: Delving into the psychological depths of irresistible buying behavior
16. The case for impulsivity screening in driving license examinations
17. Driving and impulsivity
18. Impulsivity and intimate partner violence
19. Impulsivity from the personality psychologist’s perspective
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Yuliya Richard
Dr. Yuliya Richard is a clinical psychologist and director of Blue Horizon Counselling. In collaboration with other psychologists and video editors, Dr. Richard has developed the Online Training Program (Impulsivity.com.au) for the treatment for impulsive behaviors including alcohol addiction. Dr. Richard has obtained her PhD in Health and Clinical Psychology from the University of Newcastle in 2016. Since then, she has been working on developing Online Training programs to deliver services to people across Australia who might not have a chance or opportunity to seek professional help face to face.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Clinical Psychology, AustraliaAM
Ahmed Moustafa
Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier’s Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer’s Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Psychology, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, AustraliaRead The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity on ScienceDirect