In Brief
What do healthy urban neighborhoods look like?
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How meditation boosts health
Do we need God to be good?
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Columns
Brain Teaser: Does classical music make babies smarter?
Body Language: Dance!
Social Intelligence: Daniel Goleman explains "mindsight."

Symposium on "The Psychology of Power "

The Power Paradox
True power requires modesty and empathy, not force and coercion, argues Dacher Keltner. But what people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power.
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Are You a Jerk at Work?
Robert I. Sutton explains how to handle bullies in the office—and prevent your own “inner jerk” from getting out.
Sidebar: A story of being poisoned by power.
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Peaceful Parenting
Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson explain how to turn parent-child conflict into cooperation.
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Political Primates
Are humans prone to try to dominate or live harmoniously with each other? Christopher Boehm uncovers a seven-million-year-old answer.
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Honesty and Respect
Couples often struggle over sex and intimacy, but Claude M. Steiner offers a path to more satisfying relationships.
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Power Sickness
Feeling powerless is bad for our health, reports Eve Ekman. What can we do about it?
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Playing with Power
Jason Marsh reflects on an educational classic.
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Q&A: The Socially Intelligent Superpower [PDF]
An interview with foreign policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Features

Closing the Circuit
by Jill Suttie
Helen Mayberg's research could revolutionize depression treatment.
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Stop! Calm Down! Think!
by Dawn Friedman
Research shows that the Second Step program is creating kinder, smarter schools.
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In Review

Print:
Your Brain on Politics [PDF]
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New books peer inside voters' brains; plus, happiness, gratitude, pacifism, and more.
Culture:
Supernanny sends a tough message to parents, but does it really help?

An Idea for the Greater Good
Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield explore the virtues of sadness.

Resources for the Greater Good [PDF]

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