Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 191-201 , 30 June 2005

Correlates of trait impulsiveness in performance measures and neuropsychological tests

  • John G. Keilp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical College, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical College, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical College, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 543 5866; fax: +1 212 543 6017.
    • ,
  • Harold A. Sackeim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical College, Box 126, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical College, Box 126, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • J. John Mann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical College, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical College, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA

Received 17 May 2004 ,Revised 12 January 2005 ,Accepted 25 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.03.006

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 191-201 , 30 June 2005

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