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SUMMARY:Cognitive mechanisms of action control and the link with monetary 
 decision-making when gambling - Dr Frederick Verbruggen\, Senior Lecturer\
 , Cognitive Psychology\, University of Exeter
DTSTART:20121019T153000Z
DTEND:20121019T170000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Flexible behaviour and decision-making require an executive co
 ntrol system that oversees subordinate processes and intervenes when the e
 nvironment changes or when outcomes become suboptimal. Impairments in exec
 utive control can lead to maladaptive behaviour because irrelevant actions
  are not inhibited. Similarly\, less supervision by the executive system c
 an lead to impaired decision-making because suboptimal or risky choices ar
 e not suppressed. Such control impairments feature centrally across the sp
 ectrum of psychiatric disorders\, including ADHD\, substance abuse and pat
 hological gambling. In the first part of my presentation\, I will give a b
 rief overview of our work on how people stop motor responses. In the secon
 d part\, I will present findings suggesting that response inhibition can d
 irectly influence monetary decision-making in a gambling task\, and more g
 enerally\, that there is a link between different levels of executive cont
 rol.  \n\n\n\n\nShort Bio \n\n\nI received my Ph.D. from Ghent University 
 (Belgium) in 2005\, after which I obtained two research fellowships of the
  Research Foundation – Flanders. I was a visiting fellow at Vanderbilt U
 niversity (USA) and Cardiff University before I became a senior lecturer a
 t the University of Exeter in 2010. My research focuses mostly on executiv
 e control. I study control processes such as response inhibition\, updatin
 g of working-memory contents and task rules\, and control of interference.
  I am particularly interested in how 'automatic' and 'executive' processes
  jointly contribute to goal-directed behaviour\, and to what extent these 
 processes influence risk-taking and gambling.  \n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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