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 ...

Perhaps you know someone who tends to be impulsive — and it gets in their way. They act first and think second, often choosing unhealthy behaviors and perhaps getting stuck in a perpetual pattern of ...

Hypomania can blur decision-making and weaken confidence. Here’s what I’ve learned about my own impulsive habits. Looking back at my behavioral ups and downs over the years, it’s clear to me that I’ve ...

Genetic analysis of impulsive traits reveals heterogeneous underpinnings, challenging the notion of a single construct. The genetic underpinnings of impulsivity are heterogeneous, suggesting that it ...

Research at the University of Portsmouth has explored the relationship between high impulsivity and boredom, in an effort to find out what drives rash and sometimes unhealthy decisions. Impulsivity is ...

Danny, a 43-year-old store manager, was stopped by the police for doing an illegal U-turn across a busy highway. As he explained, "Our lanes weren’t moving at all, and it was going to take forever to ...

Research at the University of Portsmouth has explored the relationship between high impulsivity and boredom, in an effort to find out what drives rash and sometimes unhealthy decisions. Impulsivity is ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that entails the implantation of electrodes in specific brain regions, to subsequently stimulate these regions via high frequency electric ...

A common stereotype is that women tend to be emotional or impulsive, but that varies from person to person. Interestingly, a new study suggests one surprising factor might be behind some impulsive ...

Research has explored the relationship between high impulsivity and boredom, in an effort to find out what drives rash and sometimes unhealthy decisions. Research at the University of Portsmouth has ...