A new study found that a genetic mutation was predictive of severe impulsivity. Dec. 22, 2010— -- In a discovery that could help scientists further understand impulsivity in humans, researchers ...

Drawing on experiments with blue jays, a team of University of Minnesota researchers has found what may be the evolutionary basis for impulsive behavior. Such behavior may have evolved because in the ...

Ghrelin or hunger hormone is a peptide hormone produced by specialized cells that line the stomach An association between ghrelin and impulsive behavior has been identified Impulsive behavior refers ...

Alcohol is known to cause an increase in impulsive behavior in individuals, which can not only be dangerous for themselves, but for others as well. A new study on adolescent males indicate that risky ...

One of the ongoing themes in my blog is impulsivity. Expending willpower can make us more impulsive, and affirming our core values, being in a good mood, or consuming glucose can reduce that effect.

Danny, a 43-year-old store manager, was stopped by the police for doing an illegal U-turn across a busy highway. As he explained, "Our lanes weren’t moving at all, and it was going to take forever to ...

Alcohol seems to affect different people in different ways, but those differences aren't random, and they're becoming more well-understood. A new study, via New York Magazine's The Cut, begins to ...

If you are working to overcome self-destructive (dysregulated) behavior, you deserve to understand how your chosen method for addressing the behavior actually works. You also deserve to know whether ...

Play hooky, disappear for the weekend, have a fling, binge-shop like a Wall Street divorcee. Spontaneity can be a healthy defiance of routine or an expression of starved desire, some psychologists say ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa say people who feel lonely are more likely to engage in impulsive behaviors, such as unplanned spending or over-eating. Alice Wang, professor of marketing in the ...