Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse ...

Most people are honest most of the time. But some can’t seem to stop lying. How come? The extensive research and writings of Timothy Levine have corroborated that people hold a truth-default position, ...

When Timothy Levine set out to write a book about deception in 2016, he wanted to include a chapter on one of its most extreme forms: pathological lying. “I just couldn’t find any good research base ...

They can’t conceive of primarily obsessional obsessive-compulsive disorder, where the worries never transmute into a physical compulsion but balloon instead inside the brain. Or of the false memory, ...

Jealousy is a normal human emotion defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "feeling or showing resentment towards a person one thinks of as a rival." Pathological jealousy, also known as ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are distinct yet interrelated psychiatric conditions that share elements of compulsive behaviour. HD is primarily defined by a persistent ...