Authors

Paul Roberts

My life as a hexagon
Asserts that the mind is like a high-speed version of 'survival of the fittest,' where individual thoughts compete for cerebral dominance. Research by neurobiologist William Calvin (University of Washington); His suspicion that firing patterns of nerve cell groups could somehow clone themselves; The basic unit of consciousness; Calvin's theory on how we create novel thoughts; More.
The New Food Anxiety
Food shapes our identity and influences how we see the world.
Prozacville, USA
Reports that the town of Wenatchee, Washington gained unwanted fame as 'Prozac capital of the world' after reports that a local psychologist had put the majority of his 700 patients on the antidepressant. Possible investigation of psychologist Jim Goodwin, Ph.D.; His defense of what he describes as his pioneering diagnostic approach; How the town's Prozac experience mirrors the national debate over the best-selling mood-lifter.
Goofing Off

How a little play time can even be good for adults.

Father's Time

Understanding the challenges of fatherhood.

Risk

Some experts believe that courting uncertainty is the only way to protect the inner force America was founded on or to define self.

Forbidden Thinking

Learn why we all experience those dark thoughts, and why some people become fixated.