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SUBMITTER: Finn PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4399809 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Finn Peter R PR Gunn Rachel L RL Gerst Kyle R KR
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 20150301 2
This study investigated the influence of executive working memory (EWM) capacity on impulsive decision-making in a sample of young adults (n=623) that varied in degree of externalizing psychopathology (EXT) by examining: (i) the effects of WM load on delay discounting rates, and, (ii) the association between EWM capacity and delay discounting rates. EXT was measured as a latent variable indicated by lifetime problems with alcohol, marijuana, other drugs, childhood conduct, and adult antisocial b ...[more]