Researchers who study parenting and child development distinguish between behavioral control and psychological control. Behavioral control involves parents’ attempts to set clear rules and monitor ...

This is a cross post from Sarah D. Sparks at Inside School Research. Can limited speech silence the better angels of students’ nature? In the cartoons, a little angel and devil pop up on the shoulders ...

Individuals' autonomy and sense of control are associated with the quantity and frequency of their alcohol consumption and ...

A study shows that selective lesions of the orbital prefrontal cortex in macaques spare behavioral flexibility and emotional processing but impair a test of outcome expectation, suggesting that some ...