In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers examined the relationships between emotional constructs such as irritability, impulsivity, and anger. They investigated how ...

Procrastination and impulsivity are genetically linked, suggesting that the two traits stem from similar evolutionary origins, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of ...

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 ...

Impulsivity is often connected to reckless decisions and a lack of self-control; however, it has played a crucial role in human evolution (Fenneman and Frankenhuis, 2020). It has influenced survival, ...

Stereotypes or headlines generated by mercurial CEOs shouldn’t be mistaken as evidence that impulsivity leads to power, a new study finds. In a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social ...

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 ...

Increased impulsivity, or a lack of impulse control, is a key characteristic of many psychiatric disorders, including alcohol dependence. Recent studies suggest that increased impulsivity is involved ...