Impulsive, Compulsive & Addictive Behaviour
Research Goals
The complex demands of everyday life require us to continually monitor and adjust our behaviour to ensure our actions generate favourable outcomes. This adaptive regulation of behaviour involves a dynamic interplay of cognitive, emotional and motivational processes. Often, disturbances in these interactions lead to maladaptive behaviours that often characterise psychiatric disorders. The goal of this research stream is to characterize how individual differences in key psychological and biological (including genetic) measures determine the individual’s susceptibility to develop impulsive, compulsive and addictive behaviour.