S INCE Bouzerdout and Pinter in [1] described SICNNs as a new cellular neural networks, SICNNs have been extensively applied in psychophysics, perception, robotics, adaptive pattern recognition, vision and image processing, etc. It is shown that the applicability and efficiency of such networks hinge upon their dynamics, and therefore the analysis of dynamic behaviors is a preliminary step for ...

A core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the tendency to evaluate one's experience with extreme polarity (i.e., feeling all good or all bad; Beck, Freeman, & Davis, 2004; Kernberg, 1975; Linehan, 1993). In this investigation, we examined the polarity of within-person reports of experience in individuals with BPD and healthy adults over the course of a 21-day, experience-sampli...

INTRODUCTION Impulsiveness and aggressiveness are characteristics of borderline personality disorder and are associated to a serotoninergic system dysfunction. Serotonin transporter polymorphisms have been linked to aggressive and impulsive behaviors. The short allele (S) in depression is associated to a worse response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). This study aims to study ...

This study examined associations among childhood abuse, emotion dysregulation, and probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within a sample of 93 substance use disorder (SUD) patients in residential treatment. SUD patients with probable PTSD (vs. non-PTSD) reported (a) greater severity of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and (b) significantly higher levels of overall emotion...

You, J., Leung, F., Lai, C., & Fu, K. (2011). An item response theory analysis of the Impulsive Behaviors Checklist for Adolescents. Assessment, 18, 464475. doi: 10.1177/1073191110387 239. Authors tested the Impulsive Behaviors Checklist for Adolescents (IBCL-A). Findings support use of the IBCL-A among adolescents. Scale scores predict borderline personality disorder in both genders. Scores ma...

A self-report version of the Lifetime History of Impulsive Behaviors (LHIB) interview was developed and its psychometric properties examined. Initially, forty-two personality disordered and 20 control subjects completed both the interview (I) and self-report (Q53) versions of the LHIB along with other self-report measures of impulsivity and an assessment of venturesomeness and empathy.The LHIB-...

Research has shown that an individual's implicit power motive relates to 2 types of behavioral clusters: either prosocial, socially appropriate behaviors or profligate, impulsive behaviors. The present study examined the relationship between individuals' implicit power motives and their tendency to engage in sexual activities without strong emotional ties (i.e., sociosexuality). For men, but no...