AUTHOR=Frijda Nico H. , Ridderinkhof K. Richard , Rietveld Erik TITLE=Impulsive action: emotional impulses and their control JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 5 - 2014 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00518 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00518 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
This paper presents a novel theoretical view on impulsive action, integrating thus far separate perspectives on non-reflective action, motivation, emotion regulation, and impulse control. We frame impulsive action in terms of directedness of the individual organism toward, away, or against other givens – toward future states and away from one’s present state. First, appraisal of a perceived or thought-of event or object on occasion, rapidly and without premonition or conscious deliberation, triggers a motive to modify one’s