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10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong
Weighing risk rationally.
January 1, 2008 Maia Szalavitz January 2008
A Complicated Grief
Some people experience an intense kind of grief.
December 8, 2008 Carlin Flora
Abortion and the Emotions It Brings
How one reacts to an abortion will depend on temperament.
November 3, 2008 Nando Pelusi
Advice: College Life with Asperger's
How to develop emotional muscles.
April 4, 2008 Nando Pelusi
Advice: Friends to Lovers
Hara Estroff Marano advises on communicating interest.
November 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano November 2008
Advice: Helping Sis Drop the Excess Pounds
How to help a loved one lose weight.
February 1, 2008 Nando Pelusi
Advice: Life Beyond High School
How to deal with a senior-year slacker.
February 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano
Advice: Men at Midlife
What causes men to have a midlife crisis?
August 25, 2008 Nando Pelusi
Advice: Mending Ties With Mom
Healing the past with mother and paving the future with daughter.
February 14, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano
Advice: What If My Fiance Is Gay?
It's hard to ignore one's true sexual orientation.
April 4, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano
Advice: What If My Parents Separate?
Hara Estroff Marano advises on marriage and separation.
November 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano November 2008
Alternatives for the Blues
Fight depression naturally.
October 13, 2008 Erin Bell
Always Brokenhearted
Stop cycling through the men.
January 15, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano
An Atheist in the Pulpit
When a preacher loses his faith.
January 1, 2008 Bruce Grierson January 2008
Art: You Call That Art?!
Appreciating the unconventional.
September 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson September 2008
Authentic and Eudaimonic
How to be true to yourself.
May 1, 2008 Karen Wright May 2008
Beauty Beat: Don't Look Away
Self-esteem and skin self-exams.
September 1, 2008 Wei Hsuan Lin September 2008
Beauty Beat: Eye-Catcher
Lash-batting as sport.
July 1, 2008 Robin Nixon July 2008
Beauty Beat: In the Rough
The science behind designer stubble.
November 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson November 2008
Beauty Beat: Long-haired Ladies and Tall Men
Why we are drawn to long-haired women and tall men.
January 1, 2008 Liz Somes,Meredith Knight January 2008
Beauty Beat: Lust Now Pay Later
Arousal could send you on a spending spree.
May 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson May 2008
Beauty Beat: Your Skin Is Your Canvas
Tattoos and piercings aren't just for freaks.
March 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson March 2008
Becoming Your Own Brand
How to be more than a resume.
January 1, 2008 Judith Sills January 2008
Behind The Wheel
Driving takes our behavior for a spin.
May 1, 2008 Jett Stone May 2008
Better Late Than Never
How to get a late start and succeed.
November 1, 2008 Scott Barry Kaufman November 2008
Big Ideas: Name That Emotion
Are you nervous or are you excited? It's up to you.
January 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson January 2008
Blogs: Fantasy Anthropology
Sizing up subcultures.
November 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson November 2008
Blogs: Fill In the Oval Office
Putting the presidential candidates to the test.
September 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson September 2008
Blogs: Impossible Experiments
PT bloggers share their fantasy experiments.
July 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson July 2008
Body Image at Age 6
Stressing about appearance at age 6.
August 25, 2008 Nando Pelusi
Body of Evidence: Holding Patterns
Maternal attachment and healthy babies.
September 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano September 2008
Body of Evidence: Laughing Stock
An LOL a day keeps the MD away.
May 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson May 2008
Body of Evidence: Life in the Balance
How to maintain balance—physically and emotionally.
July 1, 2008 PT Staff July 2008
Body of Evidence: Play Mates
Love is nothing without fun—and forgiveness.
March 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano March 2008
Body of Evidence: Sleeping Beauty
Taking back the night.
January 1, 2008 Hara Estroff Marano January 2008
Body of Evidence: Top of the Heap
Social status reveals a wealth about health.
November 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson November 2008
Bookshelf: Money, Happiness, and Sex
Darwinism, the modern economy and other book reviews.
January 1, 2008 Meredith Knight,Liz Somes,Annie Jia January 2008
Botox Without Borders
The wrinkle slayers at a mall near you.
July 16, 2008 Rachel Mahan
Breathe Away Pain
Mindfulness meditation can help chronic pain sufferers.
July 16, 2008 Ferris Jabr
Can't Wait!
Daydreaming about good times yet to come makes us happier.
February 20, 2008 Jett Stone
Competition: The Doogie Howser Effect
Galvanized by prodigies.
January 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson January 2008
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Late bloomers can change the world.
November 1, 2008 Scott Barry Kaufman November 2008
Consuming Passions
Appetite may be the ultimate mind-body problem.
March 1, 2008 Karen Wright March 2008
Conversation: Wouldn't It Be Funny If...
The art of the comical hypothetical.
November 1, 2008 Mark Peters November 2008
Cult of Clean
We've become a nation of grime fighters—for better or worse.
September 1, 2008 Carlin Flora September 2008
Dare To Be Yourself
Being true to oneself is not for the faint of heart.
May 1, 2008 Karen Wright May 2008
Data Mine: From Personality to Cultural Literacy
Prosperity, beauty, literacy, and more.
May 1, 2008 Robin Nixon,Suzanne Krause,Matthew Hutson May 2008
Data Mine: From Persuasion to Impotence
Bargaining, bad decisions, and more.
July 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson,Robin Nixon,Jett Stone July 2008
Data Mine: From Warding off Death to the Sandman
How we use celebs to preserve ourselves, stay awake behind the wheel, and find love.
September 1, 2008 Matthew Hutson September 2008
Data Mine: Sexual Strategy
Hooking up and the office romance.
November 1, 2008 PT Staff November 2008

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