scholarly journals Investigating the Roles of Affective Processes, Trait Impulsivity, and Working Memory in Impulsive Buying Behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 216522281665964
Author(s):  
Tracy Packiam Alloway ◽  
Ashlee Gerzina ◽  
Robert Moulder
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Trait Impulsivity ◽  
Buying Behaviors

scholarly journals Cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in adolescence: developmental aspects and associated neuropsychological variables

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Theresa Gabriel ◽  
Raphaela Oberger ◽  
Michaela Schmoeger ◽  
Matthias Deckert ◽  
Stefanie Vockh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
Neuropsychological Tasks ◽  
Neuropsychological Variables

Abstract Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to represent and attribute mental states to oneself and others. So far, research regarding ToM processing across adolescence is scarce. Existing studies either yield inconsistent results or did not or not thoroughly investigate aspects like higher order ToM and associated neuropsychological variables which the current study tried to address. 643 typically developing early, middle, and late adolescents (age groups 13–14; 15–16; 17–18) performed cognitive and affective ToM tasks as well as neuropsychological tasks tapping the cognitive or affective domain. Regarding both ToM types, 15- to 16-year-olds and 17- to 18-year-olds outperformed 13- to 14-year-olds, whereas females were superior regarding cognitive ToM. Across adolescence, cognitive and affective ToM correlated with attention and affective intelligence, whereas working memory, language comprehension, and figural intelligence additionally correlated with cognitive ToM. In early adolescence, attention correlated with both ToM types, whereas cognitive ToM further correlated with language comprehension and affective ToM with verbal intelligence, verbal fluency, and verbal flexibility. In middle and late adolescence, affective intelligence correlated with both ToM types, whereas cognitive ToM additionally correlated with working memory, language comprehension, and figural intelligence. The current study shows a developmental step regarding cognitive and affective ToM in middle adolescence as well as gender differences in cognitive ToM processing. Associations between neuropsychological variables and ToM processing were shown across adolescence and within age groups. Results give new insights into social cognition in adolescence and are well supported by neuroscientific and neurobiological studies regarding ToM and the integration of cognitive and affective processes. Graphic abstract

scholarly journals Affective Working Memory: An Integrative Psychological Construct

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Mikels ◽  
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Emotional Processes ◽  
Psychological Dysfunction ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
Clinical Disorders

When people ruminate about an unfortunate encounter with a loved one, savor a long-sought accomplishment, or hold in mind feelings from a marvelous or regretfully tragic moment, what mental processes orchestrate these psychological phenomena? Such experiences typify how affect interacts with working memory, which we posit can occur in three primary ways: emotional experiences can modulate working memory, working memory can modulate emotional experiences, and feelings can be the mental representations maintained by working memory. We propose that this last mode constitutes distinct neuropsychological processes that support the integration of particular cognitive and affective processes: affective working memory. Accumulating behavioral and neural evidence suggests that affective working memory processes maintain feelings and are partially separable from their cognitive working memory counterparts. Affective working memory may be important for elucidating the contribution of affect to decision making, preserved emotional processes in later life, and mechanisms of psychological dysfunction in clinical disorders. We review basic behavioral, neuroscience, and clinical research that provides evidence for affective working memory; consider its theoretical implications; and evaluate its functional role within the psychological architecture. In sum, the perspective we advocate is that affective working memory is a fundamental mechanism of mind.

scholarly journals Effects of methylphenidate on reversal learning depend on working memory capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Rostami Kandroodi ◽  
Jennifer Cook ◽  
Jennifer Swart ◽  
Monja Isabel Froböse ◽  
Dirk Geurts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reversal Learning ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
Learning Rates ◽  
Trait Impulsivity ◽  
Reversal Phase ◽  
Probabilistic Reversal Learning

Brain catecholamines have long been implicated in cognitive flexibility, exemplified by catecholamine drug and genetic effects on probabilistic reversal learning. However, the mechanisms underlying such effects are unclear. Here we investigated effects of an acute catecholamine challenge with methylphenidate (20 mg, oral) on a novel probabilistic reversal learning paradigm with three options, which was designed to disentangle effects on punishment avoidance from effects on reward perseveration. Given the known large individual variability in methylphenidate’s effects, we stratified our effects by working memory capacity and trait impulsivity, putative proxies of baseline dopamine, in a large sample (n = 102) of healthy volunteers. Contrary to our prediction, methylphenidate did not alter performance in the reversal phase of the task. However, learning rates during the initial acquisition phase of the task were altered by methylphenidate, in a manner that depended on baseline working memory capacity. Participants with greater capacity exhibited greater adaptive reduction of the learning rate in this initial phase, in which outcome contingencies were stable. We hypothesize that the addition of a third choice option in this novel paradigm increased the demands for reinforcement learning, uncovering an effect of methylphenidate on initial learning rather than flexibility to reverse what was learnt.

Evaluación de la Conectividad Funcional Relacionada con Procesos Cognitivos en Trabajadores Expuestos a Vapores de Tolueno y Derivados

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
A. F. Ponce Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
Occupationally Exposed ◽  
The Brain

The term “occupational exposure” is used when a person gets in touch with vapors of toluene or its derivatives in their work environment. The occupational exposure to toluene vapors represents a risk for people’s health, because due to its chemical properties, toluene threatens mainly the nervous system. Different studies have reported some alteration of cognitive and affective processes, such as empathy and working memory, due to occupational exposure to toluene. The present work proposes a seed based functional connectivity study of a group of workers occupationally exposed to toluene vapors using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) in brain regions related to empathy and executive control using the CONN Toolbox. It was found that there are differences in the functional connectivity of the anterior insula and the caudate nucleus with other regions of the brain related to empathy and working memory when compared to a control group, and some possible effects of these differences where explored.

How financial attitudes and practices influence the impulsive buying behavior of college and university students

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Wen Lai
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
College And University ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Money Attitude ◽  
Buying Behaviors ◽  
Personal Financial Planning

Impulsive buying behavior has been the subject of a large amount of empirical research, but little research exists that actually examines the significant predictors of impulsive buying behaviors in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of adolescents towards credit and money and the personal financial planning practices they follow, and to examine how these attitudes and practices influenced their impulsive buying behavior. Data were collected from 906 adolescent Taiwanese college and university students. A logistic regression model was used to identify which students were more likely and which were less likely to make impulsive purchases. The significant predictors were the following 8 variables: gender, age, having taken a course in personal finance, use of money as a reward, family of origin, affective credit attitude, cognitive credit attitude, behavioral credit attitude, and money attitude.

scholarly journals Consumer’s Choices in Critical Conditions: How impulsive buying tendency makes consumers seek foreign products

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Lucas Emmanuel Nascimento Silva ◽  
Manoel Bastos Gomes Neto ◽  
Patrick Wendell Barbosa Lessa ◽  
Rebeca Da Rocha Grangeiro
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Impulsive Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Aspect ◽  
Foreign Products ◽  
Product Features ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Buying Behaviors

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the attention of researchers to impulsive buying behaviors and the purchasing of local products, as they are fundamental for the economic recovery of the countries. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify how the consumer’s impulsive buying tendencies influence their choices for foreign products. We applied the Impulsive Buying Tendency Scale and the X-Scale of Xenocentrism to 300 young and adults. To analyze the data, we conducted a PLS-SEM analysis to test five hypotheses. Our results from the path analysis indicate that the affective aspects of impulsive buying tendency decrease the cognitive IBT (β= -0.345), and increases the foreign admiration (β= 0,265) and domestic rejection (β= 0,226). Moreover, the cognitive aspect of IBT can also increase domestic rejection (β= 0,196). Our results follow the theory regarding xenocentrism, as consumers cognitively will consider foreign products as superior, thus rejecting the domestic ones. Furthermore, affective has also a significant impact on domestic rejection, which indicates that consumers may disregard local products because of individual frustrations.  Overall, businesses need to take into account that to conquer those impulsive buyers, they need to show that they are more global and reinforce the product features. Research on the seek for foreign products and impulsive behavior will be fundamental as this purchasing can help the countries in the economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals NORMATIVE MODERATORS OF IMPULSE BUYING BEHAVIOR

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danes Jaya Negara ◽  
Basu Swastha Dharmmesta
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Impulse Buying ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Normative Evaluation ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Behavioral Aspects ◽  
Buying Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Prior research has presented the moderating role of normative evaluations in the relationship between the impulsive buying trait and consumers’ buying behaviors. In this article the authors show that consumer tendency to buy something spontaneous, unreflectively and immediately can be perceived as a factor which describes buying impulsiveness. This article also shows conceptual and empirical evidence that there is some support for the moderating role of normative evaluations in the relationship between buying impulsiveness and impulse buying behaviors. Significance occurs when consumers believe that act on impulse is suitable. The result suggests that consumers’ normative evaluation can moderate the link between the trait and behavioral aspects of impulse buying.

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