Talk:Impulsivity

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There seems to be no other page explaining this form of behaviour, and I think this article should be marked as a stub to allow others to add to it, otherwise this article will never develop further.
 * OK, I will put this to Articles for Deletion.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 15:34, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Expanded
I have expanded the definition of impulsivity to better reflect extant scientific literature Fsanabria (talk) 04:34, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Good work, great project!  Lova Falk     talk   18:35, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Intertemporal choice
Very interesting section, the one on intertemporal choice! However, I wonder if the article Impulsivity is the correct article for this. Wouldn't the section be better in Decision theory? Lova Falk    talk   18:53, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Delay discounting is subsumed within intertermporal choice (impulsivity here is often called "impulsive choice", as opposed to "impulsive action"), and is the central theme of the American Psychological Association book on Impulsivity (see http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318058.aspx). Thus, we included it here. Fsanabria (talk) 12:26, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Too many lists
This is a pre-GA comment: please rewrite most if not all bullet point sections into prose, per WP:PROSE. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:33, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Confusion in section "Go/no-go and Stop-signal reaction time tasks"
The last-but-one sentence of the above-mentioned section seems to me to be incorrect. It reads "If the participant fails to inhibit their 'go' response, the 'stop' signal is moved slightly closer to the original 'go' signal, and if the participant successfully inhibits their 'go' response, the 'stop' signal is moved slightly ahead in time. The SSRT is thus measured as the average 'go' response time minus the average 'stop' signal presentation time (SSD)." Shouldn't it be the opposite, i.e. if the subject fails to inhibit the go-response, the stop signal should be moved away from the go signal to make it easier? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enlightenmentreloaded (talk • contribs) 09:43, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

The five traits that can lead to impulsive actions
This section is very unclear and poorly formatted. Needs fixing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.64.103.226 (talk) 21:54, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Turgid passage in lead
A functional variety of impulsivity has also been suggested, which involves action without much forethought in appropriate situations that can and does result in desirable consequences. "When such actions have positive outcomes, they tend not to be seen as signs of impulsivity, but as indicators of boldness, quickness, spontaneity, courageousness, or unconventionality."

This was just too hard to read in own notes, so I slammed it into the following crib:

A functional variety of impulsivity exists where rash action in appropriate situations results in desirable consequences, characteristic of boldness, quickness, spontaneity, courageousness, or unconventionality.

Maybe not perfect, but a nice change of pacing from the mincing, academic tone. &mdash; MaxEnt 02:30, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Debate about impulsivity as a static trait or variable behaviour
Hi, I'd like to add some of the research on this topic- although I'm new to editing so treading cautiously. Any objections or suggestions for where it best fits?--Researchpsyc (talk) 10:15, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Brain training?
Does the brain training talked about in this article the same as brain training and should be linked to it? RJFJR (talk) 16:09, 6 February 2021 (UTC)