Emanuele Fino, Sergio Melogno, Paolo Iliceto, Sara D'Aliesio, Maria Antonietta Pinto, Gabriella Candilera, Ugo Sabatello
Background. Adolescence represents a critical period for brain development, addressed by neurodevelopmental models to frontal, subcortical-limbic, and striatal activation, a pattern associated with rise of impulsivity and deficits in inhibitory control. The present study aimed at studying the association between self-report measures of impulsivity and inhibitory control with executive function in adolescents, employing structural equation modeling. Method. Tests were administered to 434 high school students...
2014: Advances in Cognitive Psychology