Features

• An Odd Sense of Timing

  The question of how changes in the environment give rise to the subjective experience of time in our brain continues to challenge psychologists and brain researchers

  Pascal Wallisch   | February 1, 2008  | 3

• When Morality Is Hard to Like

  How do we juggle evidence and emotions to make a moral decision?

  Jorge Moll and Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza   | February 1, 2008  | 2

• Nerves in Flight

  Many of us feel anxious before getting on an airplane, but some people truly panic when they fly. Here's how several aviophobes got over their fear

  Rabea Rentschler   | February 1, 2008  | 2

• The Character Code

  Researchers have found a gene that influences our ability to cope with stress and to bounce back from the misfortunes of life

  Turhan Canli   | February 1, 2008  | 5

• Do All Companies Have to be Evil?

  Enron, Google and the evolutionary psychology of corporate environments

  Michael Shermer   | February 1, 2008  | 12

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  Affairs of the Lips: Why We Kiss

  Researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner

  Chip Walter   | February 1, 2008  | 42

• The Medicated Americans: Antidepressant Prescriptions on the Rise

  Close to 10 percent of men and women in America are now taking drugs to combat depression. How did a once rare condition become so common?

  Charles Barber   | February 1, 2008  | 48

• Postpartum Depression Epidemic Affects More than Just Mom

  A deep despair mars the first year of motherhood for as many as one in five women. Without treatment, postpartum depression can weaken critical bonds between a mother and her child

  Katja Gaschler   | February 1, 2008  | 5