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• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Body of Thought: How Trivial Sensations Can Influence Reasoning, Social Judgment and Perception

  Fleeting sensations and body movements hold sway over what we feel and how we think

  By Siri Carpenter   | Dec 23, 2010  | 11

• Scientific American Mind |  More Science

  Telltale Heart: Word Association Test Reveals If Love Will Last

  A test of hidden attitudes predicts relationship decay

  By Siri Carpenter   | Oct 31, 2010  | 5

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Early Risers Crash Faster Than People Who Stay Up Late

  Night owls belie slacker reputation by staying alert longer

  By Siri Carpenter   | Sep 10, 2009  | 53

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Pride: Deadly Sin or Social Lubricant?

  Feeling proud makes people more dominant and likable in social tasks

  By Siri Carpenter   | Jul 10, 2009  | 13

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Observing Others' Self-Control Can Sap Your Own

  How your peers' goals and efforts trick your brain

  By Siri Carpenter   | Jul 7, 2009  | 1

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Finding Control in Chaos

  Feeling helpless leads us to see nonexistent patterns

  By Siri Carpenter   | Feb 5, 2009  | 3

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Rapid Thinking Makes People Happy

  Accelerated thoughts may trigger the brain's novelty-loving reward system

  By Siri Carpenter   | Feb 4, 2009  | 12

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Decision Making Suffers from Unconscious Prejudices

  Study reveals how much people sacrifice to satisfy their biases

  By Siri Carpenter   | Jan 30, 2009  | 1

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Head Lines: Spotting a Fake Smile

  Also: Men Who Can Move; Borrowed Identity; Speaking of Race; and Marrying Mom

  By Rachel Mahan , Clara Moskowitz , Siri Carpenter and Nicole Branan   | Jan 30, 2009  | 2

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  When Imitation Is More Than Flattery

  Imitating others' emotional expressions may foster empathy

  By Siri Carpenter   | Dec 12, 2008  

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Seeing is Hearing: New Type of Synesthesia Discovered

  For some, visual movement triggers a perception of sound

  By Siri Carpenter   | Aug 5, 2008  | 10

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your Brain

  Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them

  By Siri Carpenter   | May 1, 2008  | 43

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Left Brains vs. Right Brains

  Political ideology is tied to how the brain manages conflict

  By Siri Carpenter   | Nov 28, 2007  | 8

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Shoot First, Ace Geometry Later

  Video gaming may eliminate the gender gap in spatial skills

  By Siri Carpenter   | Nov 28, 2007  

• Scientific American Mind |  Mind & Brain

  Perfect yet Imperfect

  An exceptional musical skill yields clues to auditory processing

  By Siri Carpenter   | Nov 28, 2007  

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