Neurocognitive Performance Among Alcohol Dependent Men With and Without Physical Violence Toward Their Partners: A Preliminary Report

Easton, Caroline J.; Sacco, Kristi A.; Neavins, Tara M.; Wupperman, Peggilee; George, Tony P.

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“…Similarly, violent prisoners perform more impulsively on this type of task than healthy prison staffers (Munro et al, 2007). Finally, drug abusers often show increased response initiation impulsivity (Dougherty et al, 2007;Moeller et al, 2002aMoeller et al, , 2002b Moeller et al, , 2004bMoeller et al, , 2005Swann, Dougherty, Pazzaglia, Pham, & Moeller, 2004), as do individuals with alcohol-related problems (Koch & Morguet, 1985) and alcohol dependent men with physical intimate partner violence (Easton, Sacco, Neavins, Wupperman, & George, 2008). …”

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Behavioral measures of impulsivity and the law

Mathias

Marsh-Richard

Dougherty

2008

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The General Theory of Crime proposes that crime is explained by the combination of situational opportunity and lack of self-control. Impulsivity is one of the important components of selfcontrol. Because behavioral measures of impulsivity are becoming more commonly utilized to assess forensic populations, this manuscript provides an overview of three current behavioral measures. In doing so, an example of their application is provided using a group of individuals likely to come into contact with the legal system: adolescents with Conduct Disorder. Earlier age of onset of Conduct Disorder symptoms has been shown to be an important predictor of the persistence of poor outcomes into adulthood including participation in criminal activities. This study found differential behavioral profiles across distinct measures of impulsivity by those with childhood-versus adolescent-onset Conduct Disorder. Legal implications for defining behavioral deficits using behavioral measures of impulsivity and their current limitations are discussed. KeywordsImpulsivity; Conduct Disorder; Adolescence; Continuous Performance Task; Stop Task; Delay DiscountingThere is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of actioñ Clarence DarrowTypically it is not an individual's goal to become incarcerated or otherwise experience consequences from the law, yet so frequently people behave in a manner that will most certainly lead to this outcome. Consider the case of Mr. A.W. who, in December 2007, was arrested after stealing a woman's Honda Accord in Durham, NC. Although auto theft is not rare, what is remarkable about the crime is that the theft occurred while the woman had just stepped out of her car to speak with police officers at an active crime scene that was being filmed by a crew from the local ABC news affiliate (WTVD, 2007). While this situation presented some opportunity for crime (the door was left open with the key in the ignition) it also included very clear deterrents (presence of police and being filmed). The failure of these deterrents to prevent this crime demonstrates that this individual observed the opportunity for immediate gain within this situation, yet lacked the ability to inhibit behavior despite the strong likelihood of negative consequences. This combination of opportunity and lack of control plays an important role in explaining criminal activity. In fact, the General Theory of Crime (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990) proposes that all crime can be explained by the combination of situational opportunity and lack of self-control of the The following is an overview of some of the current approaches to behavioral impulsivity assessment that will provide a basis for understanding the potential utility of these types of instruments for informing the legal process. NIH Public Access Utility of Behavioral Measures of Impulsivity for Informing the Legal ProcessThere are a variety of aspects of the law in which impulsivity assessment may play a role, ranging from criminal culpability and sentencing, to requi...

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Behavioral measures of impulsivity and the law

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Marsh-Richard

Dougherty

2008

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…Estos datos no son novedosos y son coherentes con estudios previos realizados en este área que indican que el consumo abusivo de alcohol puede repercutir sobre determinadas funciones ejecutivas asociadas a la corteza frontal (Cortes Tomas et al, 2008;Easton et Garcia-Moreno et al, 2008;Patrick, Blair, & Maggs, 2008;Prat et al, 2008). Estas diferencias han de ser tomadas como posibles tendencias pero continúan en la línea de lo encontrado en investigaciones previas incidiendo en las consecuencias a nivel neuropsicológico que el consumo excesivo de alcohol podría estar provocando.…”

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“…La mayoría de estos estudios demuestran que tanto el uso como el abuso de sustancias psicoactivas puede afectar a determinadas funciones cognitivas. Estas investigaciones se centran en la evaluación y el estudio de las funciones cognitivas asociadas a la corteza prefrontal, tareas de atención y memoria de trabajo (Cortes Tomas, Espejo Tort, & Gimenez Costa, 2008;Dante, 2007;Durazzo, Rothlind, Gazdzinski, & Meyerhoff, 2008;Easton, Sacco, Neavins, Wupperman, & George, 2008;Grenard et al, 2008;Labudda, Todorovski, Markowitsch, & Brand, 2008;Prat, Adan, Perez-Pamies, & SanchezTuret, 2008;Secades-Villa, García Fernández, García-Rodríguez, Álvarez Carriles, & Sánchez Hervás, 2008;Tapert, Ozyurt, Myers, & Brown, 2004;Verdejo-Garcia & Perez-Garcia, 2008;Verdejo-Garcia, Rivas-Perez, Lopez-Torrecillas, & Perez-Garcia, 2006;Verdejo-Garcia, Lopez-Torrecillas, Aguilar de Arcos, & Perez-Garcia, 2005). Algunos estudios han descrito, incluso, graves alteraciones por el consumo abusivo de alcohol, como es el caso de la demencia de Korsakoff (Fujiwara, Brand, Borsutzky, Steingass, & Markowitsch, 2008;Pitel et al, 2008).…”

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Differences in cognitive abilities among young women alcohol users / Diferencias en habilidades cognitivas entre jóvenes universitarias consumidoras de alcohol

Carballo

García

Jaúregui

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reSumenLa evidencia empírica ha mostrado que el consumo abusivo de alcohol puede repercutir negativamente en determinadas funciones cognitivas. El objetivo de este artículo ha sido analizar si existe relación entre el consumo de alcohol y determinadas habilidades cognitivas (memoria, percepción y razonamiento) en jóvenes universitarias. Se han utilizado varios cuestionarios para recoger el perfil adictivo de las jóvenes y para evaluar el rendimiento de los sujetos en tareas que implican ciertas habilidades cognitivas. Participaron 100 mujeres, de entre 18 y 25 años, distribuidas en dos grupos: consumidoras de riesgo (n=31) y consumidoras de bajo riesgo (n=69), siguiendo los criterios de la OMS. En cuanto a los resultados, por un lado, el grupo de las consumidoras de riesgo mostró un patrón de consumo más grave en términos de uso de otras sustancias, frecuencia de consumo y porcentajes de cumplimiento de criterios de abuso. Por otro lado, en cuanto a las habilidades cognitivas se encontraron diferencias significativas entre grupos en razonamiento abstracto y en percepción. Los resultados muestran tendencias de cómo el consumo

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“…Thus, several researchers have used alternative tests that help considerably to explain the neuronal correlates which are involved in this disorder. Some of those test are the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) (Easton, Sacco, Neavins, Wupperman, & George, 2008;Eling, Derckx, & Maes, 2008) which evaluates the capacity of abstraction and cognitive flexibility (associated with a dorsolateral substrate) such that it explains apathy, irritability, and mainly the deficits in task-planning. The deficits in planning have been a controversial biomarker since some studies involve it in PD.…”

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Potential biomarkers in personality disorders: current state and future research

Valencia

Arias

2016

Int. j. psychol. res.

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Neurocognitive Performance Among Alcohol Dependent Men With and Without Physical Violence Toward Their Partners: A Preliminary Report

Abstract: Our preliminary results suggests that IPV+ males have more severe neuropsychological impairments compared to the smoking control group than did the IPV - group. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Behavioral measures of impulsivity and the law

Behavioral measures of impulsivity and the law

Differences in cognitive abilities among young women alcohol users / Diferencias en habilidades cognitivas entre jóvenes universitarias consumidoras de alcohol

Potential biomarkers in personality disorders: current state and future research

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