Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy?

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to use computers to better understand human behavior and social interaction. Ifeoma Nwogu, an ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

While the study focused on mice, the findings could shed light on human interactions and the neuronal pathways that affect our behavior. “You may think that being dominant in the animal kingdom is all ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...

A recent study has drawn controversy by implying genetic links between bisexuality in men and a propensity for risk-taking. This research on human sexual behavior, published in January in Science ...