Center for Behavioral Decision Research

CBDR : Seminar Series : Seminar by Golnaz Tabibnia

Different Forms of Self-Control Share a Common Neural Substrate

	presented by Golnaz Tabibnia (Carnegie Mellon University)


	Thursday, August 27	link to paper
	12pm
	PH 223D	link to Speaker's Site

	Abstract:

	It has been hypothesized that a common biological substrate underlies different types of self-control. We show that motor and affective self-control are correlated with one another and with gray matter intensity in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Gray matter intensity also correlates with craving for methamphetamine in methamphetamine-dependent individuals, who have deficits in both self-control and gray matter integrity in this region. The findings suggest that self-control in different behavioral domains involves a common substrate, and that successful self-control is related to the integrity of this substrate.

	Host at CMU: Morewedge