“The root hap means “luck,” as in hapless or haphazard. What the science was showing was that our levels of well-being, resilience,… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“Micah Carter," I say, and he does look up, right at me, and his eyes are the same green-gray-brown that they always… — Amy Zhang Copy Share Image
“[Sociopaths] may have a history of many sexual partners… They may have associated disorders… substance use disorders… and other disorders of impulse… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
“Three-year-olds, however, have the added disadvantage of a biological lack of impulse control.” — Sarah Ockwell-Smith Copy Share Image
“In short, there is a significant difference between appearing to have problems with impulse control and actually having impulse-control problems. And so… — Jeff Flake 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
“The cool thing about being a middle-aged woman is that they asked me if I wanted the security guard inside of the… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“Doctors described Jonah as having poor impulse control, which basically meant that Jonah's entire world was a series of decisions that balanced… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Excuse me, your attention please.” He waited until the whole floor had stopped what it was doing and turned to face him.… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
There's childhood and early onset bipolar, but it transitions in your early adulthood into something a little bit different, and extremely severe.… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
If you happen to be mostly depressed about the state of your life, I don't know whether you feel like doing impulse… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“In adults, mindfulness training has been shown to positively influence important regions of the brain having to do with executive functioning, including… — Eline Snel Copy Share Image
“also severely degenerated the tissue of his rostral anterior cingulate cortex, an area in the front of the brain that acts as… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“What happens when children observe domestic violence, warfare, a gang murder, a school massacre? For weeks afterward there is impaired concentration and… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Trump's real Achilles heel, and the thing most likely to keep him out of the White House, is his brazen contempt for… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
“Neurotransmitters are chemical-like substances that travel between nerve cells across a synapse and determine whether a nerve signal keeps going or halts.… — Richard Guare Copy Share Image
