Features

• Depression's Evolutionary Roots

  Perhaps depression is not a malfunction but a mental adaptation that focuses the mind to better solve complex problems

  Paul W. Andrews and J. Anderson Thomson Jr.   | January 1, 2010  | 22

• Fall in Love and Stay That Way

  Nothing is more fulfilling than being in a successful love relationship. Yet we leave our love lives entirely to chance. Maybe we don't have to anymore

  Robert Epstein   | January 1, 2010  | 12

• The Happy Couple: Secrets to a Long Marriage

  The key to keeping the magic alive in a marriage, experts say, is finding ways to promote the positive

  Suzann Pileggi   | January 1, 2010  | 11

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  Are Social Networks Messing with Your Head?

  Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and their cousins have evolved from college fad to global ubiquity in seven short years. Whether they are good for our mental health is another matter

  David DiSalvo   | January 1, 2010  | 5

• Brain-Training Software to Improve Your Driving Skills

  Could computer software based on cognitive science improve older drivers' skills?

  Kaspar Mossman   | January 1, 2010  |

• Daring to Die: The Psychology of Suicide

  Wanting to die is not enough to trigger suicide. To end their own lives, humans need the guts and the means to carry out their plans

  Karen Springen   | January 1, 2010  | 25