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It Takes a Long Time to Become Young
One commonality that Pablo Picasso shares with other creative geniuses, according to biographical accounts, is that they all have a "childlike" way of seeing familiar things as if for the first time....
View ArticleWhy Bother?
Older adults are fatalistic about memory problems. Many people assume that memory declines with age and that there is nothing that can be done about it. So why should one go through the painful and...
View ArticleLetters The New York Times Chose Not to Print: Occasional Postings
Like many people I know, I’ve long been in continual dialogue with The New York Times, my breakfast companion for over 60 years. Often I’ve nodded my head with appreciation when The Times reporters...
View ArticleMother Nature: Design Guru
Nature uses the same basic design principles over and over again in spaces we enjoy visiting. When we recognize those principles and apply them ourselves, our lives improve.Designing as nature does is...
View ArticlePublish and Be Damned
Well, what should be my very first blog for Psychology Today? I have had a look through the help pages and the do’s and don’ts of blogging on this site. Rule 2 is that there should be no “Blatant...
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Can Willpower Alone Help You Stick to a Weight-Loss Plan?
Could you lose weight using only your willpower to change your eating habits? Could you do it if you had to lose weight or die? This question is not academic—obesity is the second leading cause of...
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Stranger Danger—A Heartbreaking Reminder
A lead in the 33-year-old disappearance of Etan Patz has awakened past nightmares for parents who were alive then and is a reminder to all parents to be vigilant. Etan’s abduction changed how a nation...
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Soy: Good or Bad?
A question many of my patients ask is: is soy good for me, or not? This is an especially important question for the woman with a history of breast or uterine cancer.The fact is soy is thought to...
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Killing Elephants and Unemployment: The King Goes Hunting
Spain is in the news a lot these days. And the news got worse this week, as their beloved 74 year-old King Juan Carlos is laid up with a broken hip, suffered while on a safari in Botswana.Many...
View ArticleRethinking Psychology: Time for a Reality Check
Psychology is by far the newest hot topic in our society. Whether it's an instant diagnosis of an out-of-control actor or actress, airline pilot, sports figure, or political candidate, the media swarm...
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Shotgunnings and Clawhammerings
LR was an average looking young man. There was nothing menacing in his eyes or the set of his jaw or the way he held his hands. But one day, quite without prompting, he confessed to a horrendous crime....
View ArticlePeople who do not dream
We all know someone who claims never to dream. Although the question has never to my knowledge been definitely answered by science, it appears that there are some people who rarely or never dream or...
View ArticleDid Cesar Millan Have To Hang the Husky?
Because of what I do I'm always getting emails about the latest information on animal cognition and animal emotions and also on animal abuse. I usually receive reports or videos of abuse in research...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Terrific Parent
If you decided to have a child, presumably it was because you wanted to be a parent and anticipated that the experience would be fulfilling. You did it for you. But the child’s arrival demands a...
View Article5 POWERFUL Strategies to Lower Your Child/Teen's Defiance
If your child or teen is defiant, here are five POWERFUL strategies to lower his or her defiant behavior: 1. Realize that understanding your defiant child is just as important as loving him. No adult...
View ArticleCocaine Shrinks the Brain
You no doubt know that it eats holes in your nose and can cause heart attacks, but the latest research reports that cocaine abuse also shrinks the brain. K.D. Ersche and colleagues at Cambridge...
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Quick and Easy Stress Busters for 10 of the Most Common Stressors
Dilemma of the 21st century woman ... I know I'm stressed, but I'm so busy that sometimes just thinking about adding stress relieving activities to my overflowing schedule is stressful.This is the...
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Do Single Women Pursue Careers Because There Are Too Few Men, and Anyway,...
The title of this post refers to the “briefcase vs. baby” research you may have heard about in the news. The authors claim to have shown that when men are scarce, single women – especially the...
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