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Why Can’t We Pay Attention Anymore?

What Role Do Emotions Play in the Way Our Brains Work?

In Praise of ‘Rationality’

Can a Coma Be Contagious?

The Morally Troubling ‘Dirty Work’ We Pay Others to Do in Our Place

The Pressures and Privileges of Being a Parent in 2021

‘Spite’ Looks on the Bright Side of a Dark Feeling

New Books on the Brain and What It Can and Can’t Do

A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward

This Memoirist Got By With a Little Help From Strangers

Gail Sheehy’s Books Helped Readers Define Their Lives