Teachers, districts and states are taking multiple approaches to curb what elementary teachers say is a trend of increasingly severe behavior problems in their classrooms.

A new study found that 20 minutes a day of physical activity helped children with attention disorders concentrate on school ...

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

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New research suggests a bidirectional relationship exists between how much time children spend sitting and their mental health, creating a cycle where inactivity feeds feelings of depression and vice ...

Several Olympic figure skaters have spoken publicly of their eating disorders in recent years, highlighting the risks of intensity and perfectionism.

By transforming movement into data, Timothy Dunn is reshaping how scientists can study behavior and the brain.

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Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. For the first time, ...

For decades, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has been treated as one diagnosis covering many different symptoms. But a sweeping new review of 121 studies suggests that approach may miss the real ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive behaviors in mice, even when natural rewards such as food or social contact are ...