Sentence examples for impulsivity from inspiring English sources

When researchers at Cardiff University released a report about the brain chemical called GABA – which they had found to be associated with impulsivity in a group of adult men – they unwittingly prompted a media circus.

It also found that a deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids has been "associated with certain mental and behavioural disorders, such as ADHD, depression, dementia, dyspraxia, greater impulsivity and aggressive behaviour".

Blood samples will be taken and the levels of nutrients in these samples correlated with prisoners' "impulsivity" and the variability of their heart rates.

They could be ones that predispose a person to impulsivity, for instance, or sensation seeking.

Such differences may reflect the value that American culture places on self-control for girls, while revealing a cultural acceptance of a certain degree of impulsivity among boys.

A number of people who have been diagnosed with the syndrome some of them psychologists and psychiatrists—have challenged the notion that personality traits such as inattentiveness, impulsivity, and distractibility deserve the label symptoms.

Impulsivity is all about getting easily distracted and I find that social media is the number one enemy when trying to stick to a task.

"That makes sense because psychopathy is characterised by impulsivity.

A genetic mutation has been linked with impulsivity – especially when drunk – in a study of a gene responsible for a receptor protein in the brain needed by the neurotransmitter serotonin 2b, they said.

Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterised by short attention span, restlessness and impulsivity and is usually diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.

Impulsivity and opportunism, combined with drugs and alcohol, render a person disinhibited in his decision-making.