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You know this guy: bellowing at the bar, cutting off cars in packed traffic or mocking a crestfallen sports star. He’s the testosterone ape, the swaggering embodiment of male aggression.For years scientists have pointed fingers at him as the living exam

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For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage by Tara Parker-Pope. Penguin Group, 2010 [More] Marriage - Penguin Group - Relationships - Education and Enrichment - Same-sex marriage

Once upon a time the factory, with its dirty, noisy machinery, was the standard workplace of industrialized nations; today it’s the office. Hundreds of millions of people--at least 15 percent of the population in developed countries--work at a desk, wit

There’s a strange whiff in the media air, a sort of polyamory chic in which liberally minded journalists, an aggregate mass of antireligious pundits and even scientists themselves have begun encouraging readers and viewers to use evolutionary theory

SEPTEMBER 20 We often refer to a strong sexual attraction as animal magnetism, but arousal involves more than just base instinct. At the Mind Science lecture series , psychologist Stephanie Ortigue will describe how desire depends on complex mental pro

“Does ‘accommodate’ have one ‘m’ or two?” asked an editor in our open workspace. Almost before I could say “two,” the boss flew at us from her office. “Why aren’t you working?” she demanded. She seemed mollified by my explanation. Sh

The word “psychopath” conjures up movie images of brutal, inexplicable violence: Jack Nicholson chasing his family with an ax in The Shining or Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, his face locked into an armored mask to keep him from biting people to

A child that is easily distracted, fidgety and interruptive in school might not have a clinical case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but might rather just be acting his or her age, posit researchers behind two new studies of diagnosi

Taking Responsibility I have a bone to pick, related to “ The Power to Persuade ,” by Kevin Dutton. Too often people blame others for their bad decisions. In Mariette DiChristina’s comments in her column From the Editor, she says that she could not

One of the first things that anatomy students learn is that the brain is divided down the center. In most people, one half, or hemisphere, plays a dominant role. Handedness has long been a crude measure of hemispheric dominance, because each side of the b

Social-networking sites are a way to find out about people you’re curious about but have never met--say, a prospective employee you’re deciding whether to hire. But when you scan someone’s profile, you probably expect a little fudging: an overly fla

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