Developmental Psychology
 2008
DOI: 10.1037/a0012955
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Age differences in sensation seeking and impulsivity as indexed by behavior and self-report: Evidence for a dual systems model.

Laurence Steinberg
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Dustin Albert
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Elizabeth Cauffman
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et al.

Abstract: It has been hypothesized that sensation seeking and impulsivity, which are often conflated, in fact develop along different timetables and have different neural underpinnings, and that the difference in their timetables helps account for heightened risk taking during adolescence. In order to test these propositions, the authors examined age differences in sensation seeking and impulsivity in a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of 935 individuals between the ages of 10 and 30, using self-report an… Show more

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“…Our findings in regard to acting without thinking diverge from some studies that have reported a decline in this tendency during adolescence (Harden & Tucker-Drob, 2011; Steinberg et al, 2008). This discrepancy may be due to the use of limited measures of acting without thinking that may not have adequately captured this dimension, or reliance on a cross-sectional cohort design.…”
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confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Our findings in regard to acting without thinking diverge from some studies that have reported a decline in this tendency during adolescence (Harden & Tucker-Drob, 2011; Steinberg et al, 2008). This discrepancy may be due to the use of limited measures of acting without thinking that may not have adequately captured this dimension, or reliance on a cross-sectional cohort design.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Contrary to the findings of this study, many studies did demonstrate either decreased risk taking with age (Crone & van der Molen, , ; Hooper et al., ; Mitchell et al., ; Steinberg et al., ; van Duijvenvoorde et al., ) or a peak in risky decisions in (mid) adolescence (Burnett et al., ; Smith et al., ). The majority of these prior studies used (modified versions of) the IGT, which draws heavily upon working memory (van Duijvenvoorde et al., ) and other complex executive functions that are still developing during adolescence.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…These findings contrast with those of Stolenberg and colleagues (2008), who found that gender moderated the association between impulsivity and alcohol abuse among college students. More specifically, their data suggested that as levels of impulsivity increased, the risk for alcohol abuse increased for both sexes, but more dramatically for men.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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