The ability to make decisions and act quickly without hesitation can be advantageous in
many settings. However, when persistently expressed, impulsive decisions and actions are …

In modern societies, there is a strive to improve the quality of life related to risk of crimes
which inevitably requires a better understanding of brain determinants and mediators of …

Various perspectives exist regarding I nternet gaming disorder. While the concept of
behavioral addiction is gaining recognition, some view the phenomenon as merely …

Background: The reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) integrates psychological, neurological,
and genetic factors of addictive, impulsive, and compulsive behaviors. However, to date, no …

Background Heroin dependence is a debilitating psychiatric disorder with complex
inheritance. Since the dopaminergic system has a key role in rewarding mechanism of the …

MicroRNAs are about 22 nucleotide long single-stranded RNA molecules, negatively
regulating gene expression of a single gene or a gene network. In neural tissues, they have …

Both dopamine receptor D4 (DRD 4) exon 3 and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) intron 4 repeat
polymorphisms have been linked to activity and impulsivity in German Shepherd dogs (GSD …

Impulsive personality traits are heritable risk factors and putative endophenotypes for
addiction and other psychiatric disorders involving disinhibition. This study examined the …

Impulsivity is a risk factor for adverse outcomes and characterizes several psychiatric
disorders and risk for suicide. There is strong evidence that genetic variation influences …

Expectation biases could affect decision making in trait anxiety. Studying the alterations of
feedback processing in real-life risk-taking tasks could reveal the presence of expectation …