Experts say biting is developmentally appropriate behavior for infants and toddlers. There are ways to stop your kid from ...

You’re having dinner with your boyfriend, and he’s reminding you for the third time to eat the salad, not the pasta. It’s not control vs. calories control. Why, then? Why must some people have to ...

When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

Pose your ideas as inquiries. Try, "What if…" or, "How about we…" Asking questions in conversation boosts feelings of control in the other person, which is called the question-behavior effect in ...

Familial manipulation refers to behavior within a family unit, in which a family member will use manipulation tactics to hold power and control over another family member. Manipulation involves a ...

We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behavior? This week on Summer School, Professor Darrick Hamilton of The New School, helps us explore the ...

A new MIT study that focuses on a single cell in one of nature’s simplest nervous systems provides an in-depth illustration of how individual neurons can use multiple means to drive complex behaviors.

The study of human control behaviour and subsystem identification in dynamic systems focuses on understanding how humans interact with and regulate complex systems. Research in this area explores both ...