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 ...

A rather well-known study out of Stanford University conducted in the 1960s and ‘70s focused on children’s impulse control, or delayed gratification. Children were put in a room at a table with a ...

The ability to delay gratification, or to wait for something you really want, is impulse control. The famous Stanford Marshmallow Test found a connection between impulse control and greater well-being ...

A version of a gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory and thinking in humans. Brain scans revealed that people with this ...

Pyromania is a type of impulse control disorder that is characterized by being unable to resist starting fires. People with pyromania know that setting fires is harmful. But setting fires is the only ...

How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different than psychologists have thought for the last 40 years. How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different ...

One incredibly trained dog has impressed the internet, with many TikTok users saying that his impulse control is better than their own. The video was posted by dog owner Lexx Marie, 30, showing how ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of impulse control problems associated with the atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd; Abilify Maintena, ...