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Fernandes LA, Apolinário-Souza T, Castellano G, Fortuna BC, Lage GM. Hand differences in aiming task: A complementary spatial approach and analysis of dynamic brain networks with EEG. Behav Brain Res 2024; 469:114973. [PMID: 38641177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
Abstract
Left and right-hand exhibit differences in the execution of movements. Particularly, it has been shown that manual goal-directed aiming is more accurate with the right hand than with the left, which has been explained through the shorter time spent by the right hand in the feedback phase (FB). This explanation makes sense for the temporal aspects of the task; however, there is a lack of explanations for the spatial aspects. The present study hypothesizes that the right hand is more associated with the FB, while the left hand is more strongly associated with the pre-programming phase (PP). In addition, the present study aims to investigate differences between hands in functional brain connectivity (FBC). We hypothesize an increase in FBC of the right hand compared to the left hand. Twenty-two participants performed 20 trials of the goal-directed aiming task with both hands. Overall, the results confirm the study's hypotheses. Although the right hand stopped far from the target at the PP, it exhibited a lower final position error than the left hand. These findings imply that during the FB, the right hand compensates for the higher error observed in the PP, using the visual feedback to approach the target more closely than the left hand. Conversely, the left hand displayed a lower error at the PP than the right. Also, the right hand displayed greater FBC within and between brain hemispheres. This heightened connectivity in the right hand might be associated with inhibitory mechanisms between hemispheres.
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- Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil; Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN-FAPESP), Campinas, Brazil
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Reduced motor planning underlying inhibition of prepotent responses in children with ADHD. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18202. [PMID: 36307452 PMCID: PMC9616405 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22318-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To flexibly regulate their behavior, children's ability to inhibit prepotent responses arises from cognitive and motor mechanisms that have an intertwined developmental trajectory. Subtle differences in planning and control can contribute to impulsive behaviors, which are common in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and difficult to be assessed and trained. We adapted a Go/No-Go task and employed a portable, low-cost kinematic sensor to explore the different strategies used by children with ADHD or typical development to provide a prepotent response (dominant condition) or inhibit the prepotent and select an alternative one (non-dominant condition). Although no group difference emerged on accuracy levels, the kinematic analysis of correct responses revealed that, unlike neurotypical children, those with ADHD did not show increased motor planning in non-dominant compared to dominant trials. Future studies should investigate whether motor control could help children with ADHD compensate for planning difficulties. This strategy might make inhibition harder in naturalistic situations that involve complex actions. Combining cognitive and kinematic measures is a potential innovative method for assessment and intervention of subtle differences in executive processes such as inhibition, going deeper than is possible based on accuracy outcomes alone.
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Faria LO, Ribeiro TL, Souza TFD, Rennó GVC, Albuquerque MR. Motivos para a prática de atividade física de esportes orientados à habilidade: um exemplo do taekwondo. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIÊNCIAS DO ESPORTE 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbce.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ferreira BP, Malloy-Diniz LF, Parma JO, Nogueira NGHM, Apolinário-Souza T, Ugrinowitsch H, Lage GM. Self-Controlled Feedback and Learner Impulsivity in Sequential Motor Learning. Percept Mot Skills 2018; 126:157-179. [DOI: 10.1177/0031512518807341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many studies have attributed self-controlled feedback benefits associated with motor learning to learners' greater information processing during practice. However, individual learner characteristics like their impulsivity can also influence how people engage cognitively during learning. We investigated possible dissociations between the types of interaction in self-controlled knowledge of results (KR) and learner impulsivity levels in learning a sequential motor task. Ninety volunteers responded to the self-restraint section of the Barkley deficits in executive functioning scale, and those 60 participants with the highest ( n = 30) and lowest ( n = 30) impulsivity scores practiced a motor task involving sequential pressing of four keys in predetermined absolute and relative times. We further divided participants into four experimental groups by assigning the high- and low-impulsivity groups to two forms of KR—self-controlled absolute and yoked. Study results showed no interaction effect between impulsivity and self-controlled KR, and, contrary to expectation, self-controlled KR did not benefit learning, independently of impulsivity. However, low-impulsivity participants performed better than high-impulsivity participants on the absolute dimension of the transfer task, while high-impulsivity learners were better at the relative dimension. Cognitive characteristics of automatic and reflexive processing were expressed by the strategies used to direct attention to relative and absolute task dimensions, respectively. Low-impulsivity learners switched their attention to both dimensions at the end of practice, while high-impulsivity learners did not switch their attention or directed it only to the relative dimension at the end of the practice. These results suggest that the cognitive styles of high- and low-impulsive learners differentially favor learning distinct dimensions of a motor task, regardless of self-controlled KR.
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Figueiredo LS, Apolinário-Souza T, Lelis-Torres N, Lage GM, Ugrinowitsch H. Differences in motor control of an aiming task in different group ages of the elderly. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-657420180003e015017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Ventura de Oliveira JR, Romano-Silva MA, Ugrinowitsch H, Apolinário-Souza T, Fernandes LA, Parma JO, Lage GM. Cathodal tDCS of the Left Posterior Parietal Cortex Increases Proprioceptive Drift. J Mot Behav 2018; 51:272-280. [DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2018.1468311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- João Roberto Ventura de Oliveira
- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- School of Physiotherapy, Occupational Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Fernandes LA, Ugrinowisch H, Oliveira JRVD, Salvador MG, Bicalho LEA, Lage GM. Comparison between manual aiming control and sex in different task constraints. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-6574201700030029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Gomes ÁKV, Diniz LFM, Lage GM, de Miranda DM, de Paula JJ, Costa D, Albuquerque MR. Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Dickman Impulsivity Inventory (Br-DII). Front Psychol 2017; 8:1992. [PMID: 29209247 PMCID: PMC5702288 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Impulsivity has mainly been described as a negative or dysfunctional characteristic associated with several disorders. However, impulsivity is not only related to dysfunctional outcomes and may explain individual differences in optimal human functioning as well. The Dickman Impulsivity Inventory (DII) is a self-report instrument measuring both the dysfunctional and the functional aspects of impulsivity. In this study, we performed the translation and cultural adaptation of the DII to the Brazilian context and analyzed its psychometric properties. Translation and cultural adaptation followed a rigorous process, which relied on an expert panel in the cross-cultural adaptation of psychological instruments. Data from 405 undergraduate students were obtained for the Brazilian version of the DII (Br-DII). The 23 items of the Br-DII was considered unsuitable according to model fit indices of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (both for Oblique and Orthogonal models). Exploratory Factor Analysis showed an 18 items version of the Br-DII to be suitable (CFI = 0.92; TLI = 0.90, and RMSEA = 0.057). The DII's 18 items version also showed adequate Cronbach's alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient, and convergent and discriminant validity with the BIS-11. Therefore, the Br-DII demonstrated reliability and validity in the measurement of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity.
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- Áurea K. V. Gomes
- Postgraduate Program in Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Vicosa, Brazil
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- Department of Mental Health, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Kelly M, McDonald S, Kellett D. Development of a novel task for investigating decision making in a social context following traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2014; 36:897-913. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.955784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lage GM, Miranda DM, Romano-Silva MA, Campos SB, Albuquerque MR, Corrêa H, Malloy-Diniz LF. Association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism and manual aiming control in healthy subjects. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99698. [PMID: 24956262 PMCID: PMC4067272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prefrontal dopamine is catabolized by the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme. Current evidence suggests that the val/met single nucleotide polymorphism in the COMT gene can predict the efficiency of executive cognition in humans. Individuals carrying the val allele perform more poorly because less synaptic dopamine is available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We investigated the influence of the COMT polymorphism on motor performance in a task that requires different executive functions. We administered a manual aiming motor task that was performed under four different conditions of execution by 111 healthy participants. Participants were grouped according to genotype (met/met, met/val, val/val), and the motor performance among groups was compared. Overall, the results indicate that met/met carriers presented lower levels of peak velocity during the movement trajectory than the val carriers, but met/met carriers displayed higher accuracy than the val carriers. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE This study found a significant association between the COMT polymorphism and manual aiming control. Few studies have investigated the genetics of motor control, and these findings indicate that individual differences in motor control require further investigation using genetic studies.
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- Guilherme M. Lage
- Grupo de Estudo em Desenvolvimento Motor e Aprendizagem Motora (GEDAM), Departamento de Educação Física, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigações em Neurociências Clínicas (LINC), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- INCT de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Lage GM, Albuquerque MR, Fuentes D, Corrêa H, Malloy-Diniz LF. Sex differences in dimensions of impulsivity in a non-clinical sample. Percept Mot Skills 2014; 117:601-7. [PMID: 24611260 DOI: 10.2466/15.19.pms.117x18z2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Impulsivity has been more closely associated with men than with women because men are more often involved in illegal behaviors. The few studies that have investigated sex differences in impulsivity have used self-report questionnaires and have obtained contradictory results. Two computerized behavioral tests were administered to 125 healthy undergraduate students (75 women, M age 23.8 yr.; 50 men, M age 25.0 yr.). Men exhibited higher scores on motor impulsivity, but there were no significant differences between men and women on attentional and non-planning impulsivity scores. These findings are discussed in terms of the relationship between impulsivity and low- and high-order control.
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Lage GM, Malloy-Diniz LF, Neves FS, Gallo LG, Valentini AS, Corrêa H. A kinematic analysis of manual aiming control on euthymic bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Res 2013; 208:140-4. [PMID: 23102536 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Motor deficits in tasks that require force steadiness or scaling of movement velocity have been found in bipolar disorder (BD). A potential explanation for these results is the abnormal functioning of the frontostriatal circuitry. We designed this study to investigate the possible impairments in a manual aiming task. Participants comprised 15 euthymic BD patients and 15 healthy controls, who performed 100 trials of a goal-directed manual movement with a non-inking pen on a digitizing tablet. Four different conditions of execution were required. The control condition appeared on the computer screen in 70% of the trials, and the other three conditions, (a) distractor, (b) inhibition of response and (c) higher index of difficulty, each appeared in 10% of the trials. Compared to the controls, the BD patients were less fluent in their movements, relied more heavily on visual feedback to control their manual movements and presented a lower spatial accuracy. We found that motor deficits in euthymic BD were observed in the kinematic analysis of manual aiming. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis of abnormal functioning of the frontostriatal circuitry in euthymic BD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guilherme M Lage
- Departamento de Educação Física da Universidade FUMEC, Rua Cobre 200, Bairro Cruzeiro, 30310-190, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Sociais e da Saúde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Rutz A, Hamdan AC, Lamar M. The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) in Brazil: a systematic review. TRENDS IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 2013; 35:160-70. [DOI: 10.1590/s2237-60892013000300003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background: Decision-making is a complex, multidimensional cognitive function that requires the choice between two or more options and also the predictive analysis of its consequences. One of the tools most widely used to assess decision-making in neuropsychological research is the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Objective: To conduct a systematic review of articles reporting empirical IGT studies based in Brazil. Method: Articles were obtained from multiple journal databases including ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, SciELO, LILACS, and Scholar Google. Results: Thirty-six studies were included in this review and divided into four categories according to main subject matter (psychiatry & personality; demographic & cultural variables; medical/clinic; and psychometric properties & test administration standardization). In general, there was a significant growth in research employing IGT (Χ² = 17.6, df = 5, p = 0.0003), but this growth was restricted to a few geographic areas of Brazil. The psychiatry & personality subject matter was the most abundant, accounting for 14 publications (39% of the total sample). Conclusion: Since its first adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese in 2006, a growing interest in decision-making as measured by the IGT can be observed, with psychiatry & personality topics representing a large portion of the scientific inquiry to date. Nevertheless, in order to extend the initial results of Brazilian IGT decision-making research, more studies are necessary - across a more diverse range of topics, including demographic & cultural variables, and psychometric properties & test administration standardization, the areas least studied -, as is the dissemination of the IGT to more regions of the country.
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- André Rutz
- Master's Program in Psychology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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