“With the prefrontal cortex down-regulated, most impulse control mechanisms go offline too. For people who aren't used to this combination, the results… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“We process emotionally salient information more rapidly and automatically, but with less accuracy. Frontal function—working memory, impulse control, executive decision making, risk… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Work by Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania, Tom Boyce of UCSF, and others demonstrates something outrageous: By age five, the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent - and that's being an adolescent. The moodiness, the… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“very last section of the brain to mature, during the teenage years and early twenties, is the prefrontal cortex, which controls judgment,… — Sarah Ockwell-Smith Copy Share Image
“As each day passed the community became more and more indoctrinated into the world of psychobabble. It was used to keep patients… — M.D Stephanie Schoenberger Copy Share Image
“The Codex actually sounds kind of creepy here. “Yeeeees, tell me eeeeeverything.” I was Marked by a very cute boy with terrible… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why good actors are good is that they have poor impulse control. If you put them in front… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Well, this ____ and that ____ happened,… — Alaric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“You have one energy resource that is used for all kinds of acts for self-control. That includes not just resisting food temptations,… — Laura Vanderkam Copy Share Image
“Well," he asked, "whaddya expect?" It was so obviously a rhetorical question that of course I answered it. My truth impulse seemed… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“The major impairments of ADD — the distractibility, the hyperactivity and the poor impulse control — reflect, each in its particular way,… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“According to a study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, sleep deprivation reduces our emotional intelligence, self-regard, assertiveness, sense of… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“During the worst time of Jesse’s cycle, the “worry” region of her brain was overactive, which caused her to become fixated on… — Daniel G. Amen Copy Share Image
“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The human race is all the same when it comes to romantic relations,' said the Major. 'A startling absence of impulse control… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
“Mike suppressed an urge to shove Dylan. Unfortunately, Dylan had the impulse control of Bill Clinton in a room full of interns… — Julia Kent Copy Share Image
“They told me that nothing was a sin, just a poor life choice. Poor impulse control. That nothing is evil. Any concept… — chuck palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Focus is one of the main pillars of self-discipline; a person who lacks the ability to focus is almost certainly one who… — Peter Hollins Copy Share Image
I was Marked by a very cute boy with terrible impulse control. I don't remember because I was basically unconscious but everyone… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Oh, do you, Milo? You’re so selfish. You don’t see the bigger picture.” “What’s the bigger picture?” “You’re still here looking for… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
Most parents have long understood that kids don't have the judgment, the maturity, the impulse control and insight necessary to make complicated… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Trust me, my parents have about as much impulse control as I do. If they didn't like you, you'd know. Hell, you'd… — Billy London Copy Share Image
