Relationships and Going Places
Two Studies: Marital Hostility and Change in Spouses’ Depressive Symptoms; Caring for An Ex
"The more hostile and anti-social behavior exhibited by husbands, the more depressed their wives were after three years. These findings suggest that husbands’ treatment of their wives significantly impacts their psychological well-being and that hostile behavior has a lasting effect on couples that continues throughout their marriages. " more »
An Armchair 'Grand Tour' of Italy, A Room With a View and Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
"If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book. She speaks of her sorrows, in a way that fills us with melancholy, and dissolves us in tenderness, at the same time that she displays a genius which commands all our admiration." more »
In Pursuit of Happiness
Mr. Thomas Jefferson was a clever man. He recognized that what makes one person happy may not be the same as what makes another person happy. All that his declaration advocated was allowing citizens to pursue whatever they thought might make them happy. Even then, there are obvious limits on how we may pursue our happiness. Murdering your mother-in-law might make you happy, but if you pursue it to completion you won’t be happy when the cops show up. more »
A Man's Presence Might Provide an Incentive to Transmit a 'Signal' of Femininity
when women ate in mixed-gender groups their food choices were at the lower end of the caloric scale; the more men in the group the fewer the calories. more »
