Negative emotions do us a great favor: They save us from ourselves.
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Psychology Today Magazine
January 2015
What separates the grown-up wunderkind from the one-hit wonder?
Women are more likely to stalk ex-lovers.
How to get the most out of every day
Seasons have the power to shape our feelings, attributes, and behavior, even before we’re born.
Take an online tour of the menstrual cycle.
The hours you spend in transit don’t have to ruin your day.
A first hand account of mind altering experiences
Food and the food production system have become the means to remedying an array of societal ills.
Advice on marriage and hidden desires
Why memory fails us—and how we can make better use of it
Researchers investigate the connection between the lunar cycle and our sleep cycle.
An author on the influence of her favorite literary heroines
A multitude of self-portraits offer an uncanny glimpse of life’s progress.
Reckoning with early success, three decades later.
Researchers are zapping the brain with electricity to address everything from mood disorders to low sexual desire.