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 ...

Like humans, chickens display different personalities and some can display impulse control that is comparable to monkeys. New research suggests that birds that tend to stick close to the coup are more ...

Socially tolerant species are better at controlling their emotions and behaviors, according to a new study of one of humanity's closest relatives. Researchers have tested one of the ideas put forward ...

You’ve probably been told your whole life to just “try harder” when it comes to impulse control. For many neurodivergent ...

Managing impulses has always been challenging but now it is harder than perhaps ever before. Why? I'm still amazed that in the two years that I've been blogging for Psychology Today the post that ...

Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by difficulties controlling aggressive or antisocial impulses. Because they can involve physical violence, theft, or ...

Do you ever get the feeling your brain is always racing ahead of your best intentions? Impulse control can be a struggle, especially as a neurodivergent woman. Quick reactions can create problems that ...

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 ...