According to new research, kids who may not be able to fully control their impulses — acting without thinking through the results of those actions — may be at a higher risk for critical health and ...

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 ...

Retail therapy can be an expensive coping mechanism. Here’s why impulsive shopping is so hard to resist. Have you ever walked into a store with a simple grocery list in hand, only to emerge with a ...

Giving in to impulse purchases could wreck your finances. Don’t store credit card information on your devices, and stop shopping when you’ve got nothing better to do. Are you ahead, or behind on ...

Any time you click on a targeted ad and reach for your wallet, or grab something that caught your eye at the supermarket checkout, you are making an impulse buy. And few of us, it seems, have much ...