Features

• Standard vs. Multiplexing

  September 1, 2003  |

• Taming Stress

  An emerging understanding of the brain's stress pathways points toward treatments for anxiety and depression beyond Valium and Prozac

  Robert Sapolsky   | September 1, 2003  | 1

• Ultimate Self-Improvement

  The brain is still an enigma. But that won't stop us from trying to enhance mental functioning

  Gary Stix   | September 1, 2003  |

• Stimulating the Brain

  Activating the brain's circuitry with pulsed magnetic fields may help ease depression, enhance cognition, even fight fatigue

  Mark S. George   | September 1, 2003  | 1

• Mind Readers

  Brain-scanning machines may soon be capable of discerning rudimentary thoughts and separating fact from fiction

  Philip Ross   | September 1, 2003  |

• Is Better Best?

  A noted ethicist argues in favor of brain enhancement

  Arthur L. Caplan   | September 1, 2003  |

• Brain, Repair Yourself

  How do you fix a broken brain? The answers may literally lie within our heads. The same approaches might also boost the power of an already healthy brain

  Fred H. Gage   | September 1, 2003  |

• Diagnosing Disorders

  Psychiatric illnesses are often hard to recognize, but genetic testing and neuroimaging could someday be used to improve detection

  Steven E. Hyman   | September 1, 2003  | 4

• The Quest for a Smart Pill

  New drugs to improve memory and cognitive performance in impaired individuals are under intensive study. Their possible use in healthy people already triggers debate

  Stephen S. Hall   | September 1, 2003  |

• The Mutable Brain

  Score one for believers in the adage "Use it or lose it." Targeted mental and physical exercises seem to improve the brain in unexpected ways

  Marguerite Holloway   | September 1, 2003  |

• Taming Stress: Overview/Battling Stress

  Robert Sapolsky   | September 1, 2003  |