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Trial reportBehaviour research and therapy2018

Cognitive control training for emotion-related impulsivity.

Andrew D Peckham, Sheri L Johnson

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Behaviour research and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03527550 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Control Training for Urgency in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03527550 naterminatednot on this map

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Control Training for Urgency in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting

TypeinterventionalSponsorMclean HospitalRan2018 to 2020Enrolled46ConditionsImpulsive Behavior, Mental DisordersArmsCognitive Control Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Understanding the emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescence from a brain and behavioral developmental perspective.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  15. Introducing the Glutamate-Amplifies-Noradrenergic-Effects (GANE) Model to the Neurocognitive Study of Emotion-Related Impulsivity.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025
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  18. Emotion-related impulsivity is related to orbitofrontal cortical sulcation.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew D PeckhamUniversity of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: adpeckham@mclean.harvard.edu.
Sheri L JohnsonUniversity of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: sljohnson@berkeley.edu.
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Stress-Induced Decays in Working Memory and Internalizing SymptomsR01MH110477 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI JOHNSON, SHERI L, TIMPANO, KIARA R · 2016 to 2020
$3.3M
From Mechanisms to Treatment of Mental Illness: Translational Research TrainingT32MH089919 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HARVEY, ALLISON G · 2011 to 2015
$495k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110477NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH089919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many forms of psychopathology are tied to a heightened tendency to respond impulsively to strong emotions, and this tendency, in turn, is closely tied to problems with cognitive control. The goal of the present study was to test whether a two-week, six-session cognitive control training program is efficacious in reducing emotion-related impulsivity. Participants (N = 52) reporting elevated scores on an emotion-related impulsivity measure completed cognitive control training targeting working memory and response inhibition. A subset of participants were randomized to a waitlist control group. Impulsivity, emotion regulation, and performance on near and far-transfer cognitive tasks were assessed at baseline and after completion of training. Emotion-related impulsivity declined significantly from pre-training to post-training and at two-week follow-up; improvements were not observed in the waitlist control group. A decrease in brooding rumination and an increase in reappraisal were also observed. Participants showed significant improvements on trained versions of the working memory and inhibition tasks as well as improvements on an inhibition transfer task. In sum, these preliminary findings show that cognitive training appears to be well-tolerated for people with significant emotion-driven impulsivity. Results provide preliminary support for the efficacy of cognitive training interventions as a way to reduce emotion-related impulsivity.

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Self-ControlAdolescentAdultCognitionCognitive Behavioral TherapyEmotionsFemaleHumansImpulsive BehaviorMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsYoung AdultCognitive controlCognitive trainingEmotionImpulsivityUrgency

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PMID29609103
PMCPMC5937944
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