Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience to Inform Cognitive-Control Interventions for Drug Abuse: Introduction to the Special Section

Cognitive control has long been a validated construct to explain risk for drug abuse. Research evidence suggests that cognitive‐control interventions show promise for future preventive intervention and treatment efforts across development. Biomarkers of the efficacy of these interventions have also...

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Published in:Child development perspectives 2012-12, Vol.6 (4), p.351-353
Main Authors: Sirocco, Karen Y., Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D., Boyce, Cheryl A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological markers
Cognition & reasoning
cognitive control
Cognitive neurosciences
Cognitive processes
developmental neuroscience
Drug abuse
executive function
Interventions
Neurosciences
Substance abuse disorders
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Summary:Cognitive control has long been a validated construct to explain risk for drug abuse. Research evidence suggests that cognitive‐control interventions show promise for future preventive intervention and treatment efforts across development. Biomarkers of the efficacy of these interventions have also been identified. To examine the potential of utilizing developmental cognitive neuroscience to guide cognitive‐control interventions for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, the National Institute on Drug Abuse held a research roundtable in Rockville, Maryland, in May 2010. The research presented at the roundtable and reviewed in this Special Section of Child Development Perspectives highlights the promise of cognitive‐control interventions for enhancing, or ameliorating deficits in, executive functions relevant to substance use disorders, as well as the promise of neuroscience techniques for guiding the conceptualization of these interventions.
ISSN:1750-8592
1750-8606
DOI:10.1111/cdep.12002