July 1998

  • Rebuild your relationship by rebuilding trust. Then open "windows" in the relationship.
  • There's no such thing as "just" a game. Sure, games are fun. But the play that's built into them makes them psychologically truer than other experiences.

  • They divide people. They deter new relationships. And they freeze the development on individuals.

  • The closer we get to a global village, the greater the threat of ethno-political war. What the world needs now is a whole new kind of psychological shock troop.

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Lifting the feet

Shattered Vows

Rebuild your relationship by rebuilding trust.

Beyond Psychobabble

The language of psychology has become our native tongue.

Does fate make mates?

The last curmudgeon

Author and teacher, Paul Fussell offers his perception on the complexity of life.

The meaning of life

Night Life

Why we dream.

How we're doing?

Wired to wallflowers

A glue for the gut

The organ grind

My brain belongs to daddy

The variable visage

Best whorehouse

Sick or Stressed Out?

Let us entertain you

Capitalist road hogs

What It Takes to Negotiate

Effective bargaining requires more strategy than personality.

Oh No! Not another Fad Diet!

Herbal Hormones For Her

Menopause and soy.

The Right Mind Set for Mars

The personality traits required for lift-off.

Wanna Play?

There's no such thing as "just" a game. Sure, games are fun. But the play that's built into them makes them psychologically truer than other experiences.

The power of secrets

They divide people. They deter new relationships. And they freeze the development on individuals.

Psychology's Own Peace Corps

The new science of stopping war.

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