According to new research, kids who may not be able to fully control their impulses — acting without thinking through the results of those actions — may be at a higher risk for critical health and ...

Do you ever feel like your mind hops from one thing to the next without warning? That pull to act on sudden ideas or speak before you’ve thought it through— that’s impulse control. Prefer to listen ...

Pyromania is an impulse control disorder that gives people an intense urge to deliberately start fires. This may be for pleasure, to relieve tension, or for sexual gratification. Sometimes, people ...

New research finds that a certain workout plan may make you less impulsive. Experts explain how it works and what the ...

I know it’s not the most pleasant activity, but think for a second about your worst habits, dumbest decisions, and most nagging regrets (go on, experts insist it’s good for you). Some of those ...

The study of impulse control and stochastic differential games represents a vibrant intersection of applied mathematics and decision theory, where strategic agents operate in settings marked by ...