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The Mind And The Body Are Inextricably Entwined, And Rarely Are Their Inseparability Clearer Than When We're Under Some Kind Of Mental Pressure. The Moment We Start Trying To Learn A New Skill, Make A Decision Or Otherwise Think On Our Feet, Our Nervous System Reacts - With Accelerated Pulse Rate, Increased Respiration, Even Sweating.

Older Fatherhood Isn't All Bad: Testosterone Rates Drop About 1% Per Year As Men Age, Making Them Less Reactive And More Patient, And A Professionally Established Middle-aged Man Is Likely To Have More Time And Money To Devote To His Kids Than A Twenty-something Who's Just Getting Started.

Narcissism Falls Along The Axis Of What Psychologists Call Personality Disorders, One Of A Group That Includes Antisocial, Dependent, Histrionic, Avoidant And Borderline Personalities. But By Most Measures, Narcissism Is One Of The Worst, If Only Because The Narcissists Themselves Are So Clueless.

It's Not Mere Extremism That Makes Folks At The Fringes So Troubling; It's Extremism Wedded To False Beliefs. Humans Have Long Been Dupes, Easily Gulled By Rumors And Flat-out Lies.

When You're Your Parents' One Shot At A Genetic Legacy, You May Get To Attend All The Best Schools, Wear All The Best Clothes And Eat All The Best Foods - At Least Relative To Children In Multiple-sibling Households. But You Also Wind Up With An Overweening Sense Of Your Own Importance.