People with BPD often have a biological predisposition to experience emotions more intensely and to be especially sensitive ...

If you can't stop saying or doing things that you later regret, here's a diagnostic test for you: UC Berkeley researchers have pioneered a way to better determine when acting on one's worst impulses ...

December 14, 2009 (Los Angeles, California) — Social or problem gamblers who may not meet the full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) (DSM-IV) criteria for ...

Impulsivity, defined as impaired decision making, is associated with many psychiatric and behavioral disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as ...

Recently, psychologists have stepped outside of the clinical setting and have accumulated research on how the dark side of human nature varies in the general population. What has become quite clear is ...

A team of researchers has now identified a specific circuit in the brain that alters food impulsivity. You're on a diet, but the aroma of popcorn in the movie theater lobby triggers a seemingly ...

WASHINGTON – Impulsive children with attention problems tend to play more video games, while kids in general who spend lots of time video gaming may also develop impulsivity and attention difficulties ...

If you can’t stop saying or doing things that you later regret, here’s a diagnostic test for you: Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have pioneered a way to better determine when ...