A 60-year study indicates that middle-aged men can exert a considerable amount of personal control over their eventual physical and mental health as seniors. (p. 373)

Teenagers diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may reap substantial academic benefits from treatment that combines behavioral training with low doses of stimulant medication. (p. 343)

People who, as young adults, describe their lives using a variety of terms for positive emotions live substantially longer than those who express little positive emotion, according to a long-term study of Catholic nuns. (p. 324)

Refugees interviewed in camps in Nepal exhibit post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental ailments, especially if they have survived torture in their native country. (p. 310)

Children in two-parent families spend more time with their mothers and fathers now than they did 20 years ago. (p. 312)

Mammal species exhibit basic types of brain design from which they have evolved a wide array of brain sizes, according to a new analysis. (p. 312)

A substantial proportion of children in grades 6 through 10 report bullying other children or being bullied themselves. (p. 280)

Brain areas considered crucial for understanding language may also play an important role in music perception. (p. 280)

Scientists have for the first time linked high levels of retroviral activity in the central nervous system to some cases of schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder. (p. 228)

Although dyslexia involves a common disruption of reading-related brain activity, the reading performance of people with dyslexia appears to improve if they use a language that has consistent spelling rules. (p. 205)

In a community sample, people suffering from moderate to severe depression exhibited an elevated death rate from heart disease over a 4-year study period, even if they had no discernable heart disease to begin with. (p. 205)

A laboratory experiment finds that people have difficulty remembering words that they have intentionally tried to forget, providing support for Sigmund Freud's controversial concept of repression. (p. 164)

College freshmen who greatly overestimate their academic potential feel confident and happy for a while, but as they move toward graduation, these students feel progressively worse about themselves and become less involved with their schoolwork, a new study finds. (p. 148)

For the first time, a person's ability to size up a highly motivated liar has been assessed in a study of police officers viewing videotaped interviews of a murder suspect. (p. 133)