But sometimes, what seems like confidence is really just a cry for control. These habits may appear polished, but they can ...

Everyone wants a measure of control over their own lives. But controlling people also want to have a say in the lives of others. When you’re on the receiving end of controlling behavior, it can ...

Parents’ behavioral control is generally related to better child development outcomes. For example, children and adolescents are less likely to use drugs and engage in risky behaviors if their ...

Out of Control: When A Fun Pursuit Turns Into Compulsive Behavior. Do you shop to feel better, or surf the web when you know you should sleep? How to recognize the signs of addictive behavior.

Brain Control and Consumer Behavior. ByPeter Ubel, Contributor. ... As I show in my book Free Market Madness, such manipulations can influence consumer behavior, ...

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology - OIST. "Studying behavior using light to control neurons." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 05 / 140515090759.htm (accessed June ...

Another approach that authoritarian parents sometimes use is psychological control. This is when parents toy with children’s sense of self and intrinsic value to get the behavior they want.

Parents’ psychological control, by contrast, is generally related to worse child development outcomes. For example, children and adolescents are more likely to be anxious and depressed if their ...