There's very little about being in a functional-M.R.I. scanner that is natural: you are flat on your back, absolutely still, with your head immobilized by pillows and straps. The scanner makes a dreadful din, which headphones barely muffle. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
In the womb, humans are free of microbes. Colonization begins during the journey down the birth canal, which is riddled with bacteria, some of which make their way onto the newborn's skin. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
There's very little about being in a functional-M.R.I. scanner that is natural: you are flat on your back, absolutely still, with your head immobilized… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation,… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
I'm always made a little uncomfortable by studies that assert that Millennials are the most narcissistic generation in history. To me, being young has… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
The human brain has evolved the capacity to impose a narrative, complete with chronology and cause-and-effect logic, on whatever it encounters, no matter how… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms that might… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or bald-faced; they can be lies of omission or lies of commission; they can… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
For humans and animals alike, truly vigorous, wholehearted, spontaneous play is something of a biological frill. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
The essence of play is that the sequence of actions is fluid and scattered. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
The real thing young people should fear is missing out on those few, true, long-term friendships that make for a richer, happier life. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
