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Psychology Today Magazine
July 2019
People cheat not only for sex but also for passion—to feel alive and to be wanted. Now it's women's turn to unleash lust.
Social-credit systems may soon rate our personal worth based on finances, behavior, and friends.
Callous and opportunistic, female psychopaths are a rare breed. And they may be even better equipped to elude detection than their male counterparts.
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Physician-poet Rafael Campo finds common threads between creation and care.
Miscarriage can evoke a sense of grief long silenced by society.
People may avoid difficult experiences because they misjudge how they will feel.
What extreme sleep disorders can teach us about the brain.
Brain stimulation could improve memory in older adults—at least briefly.
Genetics helps explain how kids grow into their own personalities.
The promise of new possessions is powerful. Evolution has cultivated that force.
Everyone has self-doubts, times of feeling unworthy of anyone’s love or admiration.
