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Individuals with substance use disorders tend to get \u201cstuck\u201d over-responding to drug-reward signals and pursuing drugs despite negative consequences. A lack of flexibility may be tied to impairments in neurocognition, including learning, memory, and executive function. However, results are often mixed, potentially due to heterogeneity in factors such as mental health, personality traits, or prior adversity. This study aimed to identify which factors influence neurocognitive variations within the opioid use disorder (OUD) population. Based on prior literature, we hypothesized that individuals with OUD would show deficits (vs.\u00a0controls) in one or more neurocognitive domains, and that these cognitive difficulties might be greater in individuals with other known contributors to impaired cognition. This pilot project included 32 individuals receiving medication for OUD and 15 non-substance using controls (NSC). Questionnaires assessed addiction and\u00a0relapse risk factors, such as impulsiveness, social function, depressive symptoms, and childhood adversity. Neurocognitive performance was measured via the Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (P-CNB), including tasks that probe attention, working memory, episodic memory, cognitive flexibility, and complex cognition, and was compared between the OUD and NSC groups. OUD participants (vs. NSCs) exhibited significantly lower performance on the conditional exclusion task (CET) (Accuracy: 1.11 vs. 2.38, p &amp;lt; 0.001) and the n-Back task (NBT) (F1\u00a0Scores: 83% vs. 95%, p &amp;lt; 0.001). Impulsiveness, social function, and depressive symptoms were highly inter-related; however, only higher impulsiveness (r = -.48, p\u00a0= 0.006) and more social impairment (r = -.47, p = 0.007) significantly correlated with decreased CET (but not n-Back) performance. 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