“…This form of urgency is particularly interesting because it serves as a predictor of problem drinking and smoking in children as young as fifth grade (Settles et al, 2012), and is associated with cocaine dependence (Albein-Urios, et al, 2012; Verdejo-Garcia et al, 2008; Whiteside and Lynam, 2003). The neural mechanisms underlying negative urgency are purported to involve an imbalance of functional connectivity between cortical, striatal, and limbic areas (Cyders and Smith, 2008; Gipson et al, 2012; Judice-Daher and Bueno, 2013; Judice-Daher et al, 2012; Tavares, Judice-Daher, and Bueno, 2014). Repeated cocaine use impairs global functioning of frontal cortex, which manifests as hypofrontality, but also causes damage locally in orbito-frontal cortex, resulting in impairments in judgment and cognitive flexibility, as well as in increased impulsivity (Albein-Urios et al, 2013; Stalnaker et al, 2007a; Stalnaker et al, 2007b; Stalnaker, 2007c; Zuo, et al, 2011).…”