Impulsivity: A view from the behavioral neuroscience and developmental psychology

Impulsivity has been linked to three main factors: performing without direct involvement of the frontal lobe functions, an increase in the speed of response, and the acquisition of immediate gratification. This behavioral inhibition deficit involves a variety of behaviors including aspects of hyperexcitability, behavioral disinhibition and higher order decision making. Although by tradition, the definition of this executive function has been conceptualized from a psychopathological view, currently, the wide variety of neuropsychological, developmental and animal models assessment techniques encourage us to establish dialogues that integrate the knowledge of these theoretical perspectives for the interpretation and understanding of impulsivity.

Correlación entre perfil psicomotor y rendimiento lógico-matemático en niños de 4 a 8 años

Objetivo: determinar la correlación entre el perfil psicomotor y el rendimiento lógico-matemáticoen los niños entre 4 y 8 años. Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal en 389niños y niñas estudiantes de ocho instituciones educativas públicas de la ciudad de Barranquillay del municipio de Puerto Colombia. Se evaluó el perfil psicomotor con la batería de Vítor DaFonseca y el rendimiento lógico-matemático mediante el promedio académico durante el períodode la medición. Se calculó la media aritmética, la desviación estándar y las proporciones, asícomo el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Resultados: la media para la edad fue 5,5±1,2años. Un60% fue de sexo femenino. Se encontró una correlación entre el perfil psicomotor y elrendimiento lógico-matemático de 0,12 (p=0,01). Conclusiones: existe una correlación directaentre el perfil psicomotor y el rendimiento lógico-matemático.

Advances and limitations in the attention to the problems of housing and urban land in Mexico. An approach from the legal-institutional frame

In this work we analyze the reforms carried out by the Mexican state in the nineties of the 20th century, in the items concerning the policies of housing and urban land, based on an exhaustive review of the main actions, programs and changes in the legal and institutional frame that applies for each of these fields. The nineties represent a "breaking point" in the way the State considers the satisfaction of the right to the housing and attends the offer of urbanized land for a tidy and sustainable urban development. In this period of time, the approach of direct intervention in developing and financing housing and creation of land reserves has changed into another one, ruled by the logic of the market. The balance to the first decade of the 21st century is ambiguous, as neither the housing policy has solved the housing shortage for low-income population, nor the land policy has eliminated the illegal urban growth.