What makes us impulsive? Why do we find it so easy to say “yes,” when we know that “no” would be better for us in the long run? A recent study in rodents explores the neural mechanisms behind ...

Tegan was always impulsive. As a child, she loved adrenaline-like activities and literally would swing in the trees, just like she was in gym class, swinging on the parallel bars. Numerous trips to ...

Impulsivity, a rapid, unplanned reaction without regard to potential negative consequences 1, is implicated in the development and maintenance of all addictive behaviours and disorders. It is ...

We can all act on an impulse, with some seemingly doing it more often and others less. Psychologists have been studying ...

The authors of a new study have identified distinct personality profiles of people with impulsivity, with different attributes that influence whether a person engages in, or avoids, high-risk drinking ...

When a word is too frequently used as a catch-all term, its definition becomes too broad and it can stop meaning anything concrete. That's why Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers suggest that the ...

In clinical populations, olfactory abilities parallel executive function, implicating shared neuroanatomical substrates within the ventral prefrontal cortex. In healthy individuals, the relationship ...

A strong manager or management team is essential to the success of any business. Managers need to have strong planning and organizational skills, while avoiding impulsive behavior and decision making.