Drug Companies Making Drugs–or Money
A professor of management practice at Harvard Business School recently asked a provocative question about the drug industry: “Is the role of leading large pharmaceutical companies to discover...
View ArticleWhat's In That Bird Brain?
Few aspects of understanding are as important as–in psychologist-speak–Theory of Mind, or ToM. This is the ability to understand the unseen, internal states of mind that underlie and direct behavior....
View ArticleCalves With Friends Learn Better Than Calves Living Alone
Just as I got done posting an essay earlier today on how African grey parrots suffer from social isolation and loneliness, my friend Valerie Belt sent me a report of a fascinating study that showed...
View ArticleThe End of Marriage
Marriage is going down. I’m sure of it. Never again will it have the place of prominence that it once had in our lives.Predicting the future is perilous. In the mid-1950s, marriage and nuclear family...
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Walking the Thin Line of Exercise Addiction
My housemate and I got into an argument last weekend over exercise addiction. He was admiring the photo of a female bodybuilder online. He venerated her dedication to the exercise and diet regimen she...
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Can Dogs Warn Their Owners of Impending Migraines?
Migraine headaches can be debilitating. If you suffer from them, you are probably aware of phenomena called “migraine prodromes.” These are psychological and behavioral changes that occur several hours...
View ArticleMale Borderline Personality Disorder: Being "Second-Best"
Brandon: A Man with BPDBrandon was a successful attorney who nonetheless was burdened with what I call the “second-best syndrome.” The younger of two brothers, Brandon had grown up in the shadow of his...
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Ten Belated Lessons People Wish They’d Learned
After leading IBM for six decades Thomas Watson Jr. was asked what lessons he had learned from making bad decisions. “Good judgment,” he said, “comes from experience. And experience comes from bad...
View ArticleFood Addict or Diet Junkie?
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about food addiction. Earlier this year, I co-led a workshop with sugar addiction expert Dr. Nicole Avena and later participated in a panel discussion on the topic for...
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Can Circular Reasoning Make You Rich?
We Americans are notoriously bad at saving money. While people in Germany, Sweden and even France save about 10 percent of the money they make, folks in the U.S. save closer to 3 or 4 percent of their...
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Become a Health and Happiness Addict
The brain uses complex patterns of nerve cell firings and chemical releases to represent sensory experiences, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, memories and imagination called neurosignatures.1,2...
View ArticleWhat Would it Take for Geostrategic Jerks to Be Discredited?
Yesterday, June 16, there was a lengthy–and rather fawning–article in The New York Times recounting the policy-promoting exploits of the Kagan family: Brothers Robert and Fred, and father Donald, a...
View ArticleDeception and Honesty on MTV's “Catfish”
On the MTV reality show, “Catfish,” the show’s hosts help a viewer track down an elusive online love. Almost inevitably, it is discovered that they have been fooled, and the person to whom they poured...
View Article10 Rules For Dating When You Seriously Want a Relationship
By Sonya Rhodes, PhD and Susan Schneider, coauthors of “The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match: How Strong Women Can Find Love and Happiness Without Settling.”Consider this advice: 1. Finding a partner is a...
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Can You Tell the Cat Lovers From the Dog Lovers?
Do you love cats? Prefer dogs? Whether you love cats or dogs—or aren’t a pet person at all—may reveal something about your personality. We use our personal intelligence to notice whether someone loves...
View ArticleImmigration and Adoption
We say that an immigrant can adopt a new culture, but actually it’s the other way around. An immigrant can accept or resist adoption by his new culture, just as a child can accept or resist adoption by...
View ArticleHow Slowing Down Can Increase Productivity and Happiness
Today’s hectic, fast paced and overstimulated world can create a work and lifestyle of hurriedness, busyness, multitasking and workaholism, all aimed at increasing productivity and life satisfaction....
View ArticleHow To Predict Whether Your Partner Will Cheat On You
You’re doing great now--so great that you consider committing forever. But forever is a long time, and you know feelings can change. You’d love to commit, but not if your partner is going to rip your...
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Bad Mommy: How Prosecuting Pregnant Addicts Misses the Mark
Drug use is widely viewed as base and reprehensible, but drug use by pregnant women? It’s in a criminal category all its own.Despite the objections of reproductive and civil rights advocates, Tennessee...
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