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Chunk #2 — 1. Introduction: Executive Function and Impulsivity

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Impulsivity, frontal lobes and risk for addiction.
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through a strategy of leaving the area and avoiding further distraction. Similar factors may be involved in alcoholic cues promoting drinking and causing relapse. Attention and impulse inhibition can block the movement to and eating of the popcorn or responding to alcoholic cues. Impulsivity leads to rapid responses without reflection. Impulsivity can include weak inhibitory control, lack of attention, or bad decisions. Thus, executive functions appose impulsivity.