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iStockphotoScientific American Mind 9/22/09Why Are We Annoyed by the Sound of Nails on a Chalkboard?
Neuroscientist Josh McDermott of New York University explains
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Scientific American Mind 11/17/09
Ask the Brains: Are our Brains Constantly Making Subconscious Calculations?
Computational neuroscientist Terry Sejnowski of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Salk Institute and the University of California, San Diego, answers
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Scientific American Mind 11/10/09
Ask the Brains: Why Do We Have Trouble Facing Our Credit Cards the "Right" Way?
Robert O. Duncan, a behavioral scientist at York College, the City University of New York, explains
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Scientific American Mind 9/1/09
Are Our Big Brains the Reason Newborns Can't Walk?
John Bock, an anthropologist at California State University, Fullerton, provides a reply
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Scientific American Mind 7/27/09
Why is it hard to "unlearn" an incorrect fact?
Cognitive psychologist Gordon H. Bower of Stanford University answers
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Scientific American Mind 7/6/09
Are certain genders or body types better at the art of persuasion?
Social psychologist Rosanna E. Guadagno of the University of Alabama replies
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Scientific American Mind 4/13/09
Does Postpartum Depression Serve an Evolutionary Purpose?
Anthropologist Edward H. Hagen replies
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Scientific American Mind 4/1/09
Do Blind People Suffer from Seasonal Depression?
Circadian and vision neuroscientist Russell G. Foster answers
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Scientific American Mind 2/3/09
Ask the Brains: Is the Midlife Crisis a Myth?
Also: Why does music ease a hard workout?
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Scientific American Mind 1/9/09
Ask the Brains: What Is Sleep Paralysis?
Also: Why we sometimes wake up with explosions going off in our heads
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