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Psychology Today Magazine
November 2008
Your choice of romantic partner helps determine future health.
Why some ideas spread and others don't.
Late bloomers can change the world.
Hooking up might be a mistake when a woman's goal is a long-term relationship.
You have to work at loving your job.
Five principles that help squash rumors.
There are good reasons to follow the crowd.
The art of the comical hypothetical.
Do boys need girls in the classroom?
Make your thoughts count.
Does religion reduce aggression?
The right snacks improve your eating habits.
Social status reveals a wealth about health.
Book reviews on why we consume—and what consumes us.
The science behind designer stubble.
Know-how gets you in—and out—of ruts.
Hara Estroff Marano advises on marriage and separation.
Two creative aces who play the joker card.
Hara Estroff Marano advises on communicating interest.
Sizing up subcultures.
Lifestyle trumps heredity in diabetes.
What did your dinner eat for dinner?
Research shakes up bar behavior.
Hooking up and the office romance.
Connect with your future self.
An ex-convict keeps computer-users safe.
An action hero on surviving the war zone.
It pays to be friendly, but not too friendly.
There's more to finding a home.
The clinicians' take on the economy.
How to get a late start and succeed.
Sugar gets a reprieve, sort of.
Musician and playwright Stew reflects on a youthful identity crisis.
Singles are catching up to the healthier "marrieds."
Why you see your dunce cap as a halo.