Alcohol and substance abuse disorders involve continued use of substances despite
negative consequences, ie loss of behavioral control of drug use. The frontal-cortical areas
of the brain oversee behavioral control through executive functions. Executive functions
include abstract thinking, motivation, planning, attention to tasks and inhibition of impulsive
responses. Impulsiveness generally refers to premature, unduly risky, poorly conceived
actions. Dysfunctional impulsivity includes deficits in attention, lack of reflection and/or …