Camille Chatterjee

Even though you're trying to quit, alcohol and tobacco industries still profit.

Reveals the people in the greatest danger of cognitive decline, according to studies. Older adults that are not doomed to senility; Suggestion for preventing age-related memory loss.

The 15-Minute Diagnosis

Presents self-help tests on mental health. How online depression screening works; Procedure for the eating disorders questionnaire; Procedure of the Alzheimer's disease memory test.

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Male-female friendship can be tricky, but both benefit from cross-sex buddyhood.

A leap of faith

Focuses on the positive aspects of risk-taking activities like bungee jumping and sky diving. How risk can be psychologically rewarding; Survey of first-time jumpers to rate their likelihood of bungee-related injury and its results; Lessons jumpers should take to their adventurous counterparts.

Bilinguals: Of Two Minds

What happens when you learn two languages in childhood? Here's how the brain organizes speech-processing areas.

The brain's winter blahs

Discusses about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Weapon against SAD; Characteristics of a person with SAD; Causes of SAD.

Praising Your Child

Congratulating kids for working hard may help them make the grade.

When manager strikes out

Discusses about the effects of firing managers after a losing season in an organization. Comparisons between managerial turnover and team performance in 1980 and 1993; Causes of poor team performance.

Here Comes the Sun

Lack of light can make you SAD, and alcohol can make it worse.

Worry Wounds

Have a cut that won't heal? Try taking a deep breath and relaxing.

The new gender gap

Reports that there have been an increase in women who are unhappy about their self-image compare to men. How women before 1970 felt about their bodies; Why there has been an increase; Comments from Alan Feingold, a Yale psychologist.

The face on Mars

Relates to an image of a human visage on Mars, beamed back by the Viking 1 spacecraft in 1978. Revelation that the image was an eroded rock humanized by light and shadow, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Global Surveyor; Information on images.

One-note wonders

Reports on the identification of a neural network which seems to grant certain people perfect pitch. Findings of a study using positron emission tomography to monitor the brain activity of musically trained subjects.

A new year's wish

Deals with the social aspects of celebrating New Year's Eve. Reasons an individual usually choose to celebrate this kind of occasion with friends; Preparation for the New Year's Eve 1999.

Reality Bites

Keeping employees' expectations realistic may help keep them on board.

Did I or didn't I?

Focuses on a study which found that the elderly recall what they ought to do but often forget whether or not they have done it. Information on prospective memory; Details on the study; How to separate fact from fiction.

The Science of a Good Marriage

Why the best marriages are based on deep friendship.

Smoking and the Thrill-Seeking Gene

Are smokers wired to light up?

The Darker Side of Fantasy

Are you ever disturbed or turned off by your own fantasies? You're not alone.