Great Tit Birds Have as Much Impulse Control as Chimps
Researchers report the great tit, a common European songbird, has similar impulse control to that of larger, more cognitively advanced animals.... Read More...
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ADHD Drugs Do Not Improve Cognition in Healthy College Students
Researchers report, contrary to popular belief, Adderall and other ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students. Instead, they may impair cognitive function. ... Read More...
Childhood Aggression Linked to Deficits in Executive Function
According to a new study, children with executive function deficits were more likely to show physical and reactive aggression later in life. Researchers suggest helping children to improve executive function could help to reduce aggression levels.... Read More...
Chimpanzee Self Control is Related to Intelligence
According to researchers, a chimpanzees' general intelligence is correlated with their ability to delay gratification and exert self control. ... Read More...
Why It’s Time to Lay the Stereotype of the ‘Teen Brain’ to Rest
Researchers explore what goes on in the teen brain during this critical point of development and say that it might be time to put some age-old stereotypes to rest.... Read More...
Stay Focused, If You Can: Individual Differences in Brain Dynamics Influence Self Control
Researchers investigate the neuroscience behind how some people are better at resisting temptation that others.... Read More...
A Turbo Charge For Your Brain?
Using non-invasive brain stimulation, researchers stimulated the lateral prefrontal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex, enhancing executive function and self control.... Read More...
Self Control May Not Diminish Throughout the Day
A new PLOS ONE study reveals that regardless of the time of day, people experience a loss of motivation for completing a single task over its duration.... Read More...
New Insight Into Self-Control Through Neuroimaging
A new neuroimaging study reveals self control varies depending on the importance of the decision. Self control, researchers note, may also be augmented when people are asked to justify their decisions.... Read More...
Talking to Yourself in the Third Person Can Help You Control Stressful Emotions
Thinking or talking about oneself in the third person can lead people to consider themselves in similar ways to how they think about others, a new study reports. Researchers say talking about yourself in the third person may allow you to distance yourself from stressful experiences and help to regulate emotion. ... Read More...
Your Hands May Reveal the Struggle to Maintain Self Control
A new study reports your hands could reveal whether you are disciplined or lack self control before a physical decision is made. The findings could shed new light on how our cognitive processes unfold to allow us to resist temptation.... Read More...
Neurobehavioral Effects Found in Children Exposed to Flower Pesticides
A new study of children living in agricultural communities of Ecuador finds a link between short term alterations in neurological behaviors and a peak pesticide spraying season around the time of the Mother's Day flower harvest.... Read More...