September 2000

  • Dreams are not random machinations of the unconscious.

  • Eight hours in an emergency psychiatric ward reveal the fragility of the human psyche--and the horror that can lurk within.

  • Creativity pays in business. Find out where to find it and how it can help you.

  • Putting candidates through the test. Should we use psychological tests to select government leaders?

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The Future Is At Hand

The Color Of Ethics

An Election Fantasy

Putting candidates through the test.

Vitamin Power

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Work Keeps Seniors Whistling

The Emotional Power of Smell

Sense of smell and emotional memory.

Welcome to the Love Lab

Running on Ritalin

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LIFT Violence Out Of Schools

Nobody left to hate

The Price Of Ecstasy

Smart Food

Weight Matters

A balanced diet is important to your child's health.

PT Bookshelf

Faces: The Eyes Have It

How to read faces and emotions.

Behind The Rhetoric

Fishing For Happiness

The Damage of Dieting

Restrictive diets don't always work for kids.

Impotence: Size Does Matter

Why overweight men are more likely to have less sex.

Knock Knock. Who's There? Cancer!

How to laugh cancer away.

Music on the Mind

Research reveals the role of music in brain function—and our lives.

Cashing in on Creativity at Work

Creativity pays in business.

Breakup Backlash

Time will not heal all your children's wounds.

Tend and Befriend

When the going gets tough, women seek out others; men shoot.

The Crazy Shift

Eight hours in an emergency psychiatric ward reveal the fragility of the human psyche--and the horror that can lurk within.

Dreamspeak

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