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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Jul 6;0:37–43. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.032

Table 2.

Theoretical description of the different components of each structure in the Competing Neurobehavioral Decision System (Bickel et al., 2012).

Impulsive System Executive System
Embodied Limbic and Para-limbic brain regions Prefrontal Cortex
Function Valuation of immediate outcomes Valuation of delayed outcomes, planning, memory
Health Characteristics Regulatory Balance Regulatory Balance
Disease Characteristics Relatively Hyperactive Relatively Hypoactive