Rutgers‑led study of 2.2 million people finds addiction risk is driven more by genes tied to impulse control and reward ...

Just exert a little self-control, you tell yourself. But it’s so hard! People frequently think of self-control as something ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

"Long-term risks, if not mitigated through parenting support, can include conflict with authority, risk-taking behavior or ...

Being a teenager comes with its own mix of struggles, victories, and life lessons. Right, Pandas? It’s that in-between age ...

Fairplay, the group that led a coalition of 200 organizations in writing a letter to YouTube and Google, said it found only 5 ...

A new Vatican document provides a convincing critique of the new, terminally online segments of the religious right.

As we gradually bring this series on paraphilic disorders to a close, we are left with two final conditions. Over the past weeks, we have explored patterns of behaviour that are often misunderstood, ...

A traumatic brain injury at age 14 changed the trajectory of Cristabelle Braden’s life. The injury happened when, at a youth ...

Who uses the dark web? New research links dark web access to low self-control, criminal records, and deviant peer groups.

Only in the past 75 years did psychology and self-help culture elevate authenticity and self-direction into a cultural ideal, ...

March Madness greatly appeals to teenage boys and young men, caught up in the aura of gambling and masculinity. Yet few ...