Impulsivity

Outcome Cns

Acting before the cost has been weighed. Distinct from aggression: aggression is a response to a trigger, impulsivity is the absence of the pause that would have stopped it. The imaging literature points at a weaker brake.

Relationships

2 connections

Impulsivity increases risk of

Aggression

Hostility and short fuse. Reported consistently by users and in case series, and produced in blinded trials mainly at supraphysiological doses and mainly in a minority of people.

Impulsivity reduces risk of

Orbitofrontal Cortex

Where the value of an outcome is weighed against its cost, and the region most consistently thinned in dependent users. This is the specific anatomy behind poor risk judgement.

Beyond this page

Impulsivity also connects to 6 entries in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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