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Robin Marantz Henig

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, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.
— Robin Marantz Henig words
Angels, demons, spirits, wizards, gods and witches have peppered folk religions since mankind first started telling stories.
— Robin Marantz Henig god
Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little stake in pulling away from their grandparents, tend to describe that relationship as less rose-colored than do Gram and Gramps.
— Robin Marantz Henig children
Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms that might do harm, to come up with causal narratives for natural events and to recognize that other people have minds of their own with their own beliefs, desires and intentions.
— Robin Marantz Henig life
I regret not working harder to create true friendships with other couples, not seeking out people with whom to go do things and go places - people with whom to have a few crazy, memorable bonding adventures.
— Robin Marantz Henig friendship
Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.
— Robin Marantz Henig person
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 be lies that undermine national security or lies that make a child feel better. And each type might involve a unique neural pathway.
— Robin Marantz Henig art
Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.
— Robin Marantz Henig fear
Even though loneliness affects so many of us, it has gotten scant research attention compared to related conditions like depression or anxiety.
— Robin Marantz Henig depression
Kids don't shuffle along in unison on the road to maturity. They slouch toward adulthood at an uneven, highly individual pace.
— Robin Marantz Henig war
Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we do.
— Robin Marantz Henig age
Whatever the reason for any one individual's tendency to gain weight, the only way to lose the weight is to eat less and exercise more.
— Robin Marantz Henig hate
As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on how any one brain pathway is used.
— Robin Marantz Henig path
Beliefs about how lying looks are plentiful and often contradictory: depending on whom you choose to believe, liars can be detected because they fidget a lot, hold very still, cross their legs, cross their arms, look up, look down, make eye contact or fail to make eye contact.
— Robin Marantz Henig believe
Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.
— Robin Marantz Henig love
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 always meant being self-absorbed; in many ways, that's what youth is for.
— Robin Marantz Henig history
In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive qualities.
— Robin Marantz Henig work
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 man
The 20s are like the stem cell of human development: the pluripotent moment when any of several outcomes is possible. Decisions and actions during this time have lasting ramifications.
— Robin Marantz Henig time
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 apparently random.
— Robin Marantz Henig hate
For humans and animals alike, truly vigorous, wholehearted, spontaneous play is something of a biological frill.
— Robin Marantz Henig art
If you're satisfied with your social life, according to psychologists, you tend to be satisfied with life in general.
— Robin Marantz Henig life
It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.
— Robin Marantz Henig age
Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies.
— Robin Marantz Henig pain
The essence of play is that the sequence of actions is fluid and scattered.
— Robin Marantz Henig action

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