But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of rejection, then the health of these institutions seems far more...

One of the seats of emotion and memory in the brain is the amygdala, he explained. When something threatens your life, this area seems to kick into overdrive, recording every last detail of the experience....

The state of bliss is based on getting pleasure. The foundation of that is sexual pleasure. Beyond the regular sexual life there cannot be any happiness. However, in sexual intercourse the essential factor is not...