Jay Dixit

Back to the Present
How to live in the moment and appreciate your surroundings every day.
PT Bookshelf: The IQ Test
Book reviews on intelligence, positive emotion and creativity.
How to Avoid Being a Victim
Tips on how not to be a target of crime.
Nature's Champions
Americans consult alternative health practitioners some 600 million times a year—more often than they visit family doctors. In that spirit, PT sought out seven natural health pioneers: holistic innovators who specialize in everything from plant power to prayer.
Marked for Mayhem
Street criminals are selective about their victims. Unfortunately, many of us unwittingly give off signals that mark us as easy targets.
Final Analysis: John Amaechi
A former NBA star on having two separate, but parallel, lives.
Myths About Low Sexual Desire
The truth about couples, and how to reignite the flame.
Lightweight Drinkers
When staying slim means drinking your dinner.
PT Bookshelf: Irrationality, Sex, and Creativity
Irrationality, sexual fantasy, and other book reviews.
Final Analysis: Mercenary John Geddes
An action hero on surviving the war zone.
Erection Reform
The hidden risks of recreational Viagra.
Secrets of the Big Losers
How to reprogram mental eating habits for physical success.
Mind Your Body: Doctors' Orders—Without Distress
How to stick to diet, exercise, or worse. Modern medicine can work wonders, but only when we actually use it.
Final Analysis: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Freedom
An anti-Islamist now in hiding.
When the Rumor Hits Home
What to do if you find yourself the subject of a rumor.
Wisecrackers
What happens when you hold a mirror up to seven comedians? PT sat down with some well-known wits to explore the droll—and the weighty—elements of their craft.
Final Analysis: Susan Estrich on the Battle of the Sexes
This law professor is known for her fierceness, but she worries she just isn't tough enough.
Coke gets in your eyes
Reports on a device called electroretinogram which is being tested by researchers at Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) for detecting when recovering cocaine addicts are biologically vulnerable to relapse.
The exotic becomes the erotic?
Focuses on Cornell University psychologist Daryl Bem's theory of sexual development which explains same-sex attraction as a result of gender-nonconforming behavior caused by temperament determined by biological factors. How non-conforming children may perceive peers of the same sex.
Out of sight, out of mind
Reports on the tendency of a person's cognitive abilities to shut down when the eyes change focus from one point to another, called the saccade phenomenon. Effect on ability to handle spatial and visual tasks; Negative impact of cognitive hiccups; Ways of addressing the problem.

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