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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience to Inform Cognitive‐Control Interventions for Drug Abuse: Introduction to the Special Section
Author(s) -
Sirocco Karen Y.,
LynneLandsman Sarah D.,
Boyce Cheryl A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/cdep.12002
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychology , developmental cognitive neuroscience , cognition , substance abuse , conceptualization , intervention (counseling) , executive functions , cognitive neuroscience , clinical psychology , neuroscience , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science
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.