For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

Are you dealing with a pathological liar? Experts in psychology reveal 10 subtle but clear signs to identify compulsive lying and protect your mental well-being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike the occasional white lie most of us tell, pathological lying is a complex behavior pattern that goes far beyond simple ...

New research suggests that compulsive behavior may be less about willpower failure and more about inflammation quietly disrupting the brain’s reward and habit circuits. While the idea of “hidden brain ...

Although it was previously thought that compulsive behavior is the result of a "habit cycle" that suppresses self-control, a ...

Pathological lying, also known as mythomania and pseudologia fantastica, is the chronic behavior of compulsive or habitual lying. Unlike telling the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone's ...

In a recent article published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers performed longitudinal studies in rats to measure the sensitivity of early established versus compulsive polydipsic alcohol (or water ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...

Compulsive behaviors are actions that are engaged in repeatedly and consistently, despite the fact that they are experienced as aversive or troubling. Yet treatment can help to manage or overcome ...

Christian L. Hart co-wrote the definition on pathological lying in 2022. Hart said pathological liars feel bad about their lies, and it creates anxiety. George Santos, who has been charged with lying ...

Is compulsive sexual behavior a new disorder? Because of the continually changing characterizations and terminologies for problematic sexual behavior, it is difficult to compare historical notions of ...