Can You Be Too Perfect
Striving to be faultless can foster failure—or drive success—depending on the type of perfectionist you are
By Emily Laber-Warren
A Patchwork Mind: How Your Parents' Genes Shape Your Brain
We each have two parents, but their genetic contributions to what makes us us are uneven. New research shows we are an amalgam of influences from Mom and Dad
By Melinda Wenner
Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain?
Research hints that hidden risks might accompany long-term use of the medicines that treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
By Edmund S. Higgins
Why Music Moves Us
New research explains music's power over human emotions and its benefits to our mental and physical well-being
By Karen Schrock
Do Parents Matter?
A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics and that we have a lot to learn from Asian classrooms
By Jonah Lehrer
Fit Body, Fit Mind? Your Workout Makes You Smarter
How can you stay sharp into old age? It is not just a matter of winning the genetic lottery. What you do can make a difference
By Christopher Hertzog, Arthur F. Kramer, Robert S. Wilson and Ulman Lindenberger
Readers Respond to Avoiding the Big Choke--And More...
What Your Choice of Words Says about Your Personality
A "Complex" Theory of Consciousness
Seeing in Stereo: Illusions of Depth
What Do We Know about Tourette's?
Try a Little Powerlessness—Pitfalls of Self-Control
Pump Your Brain--And Other Stories from MIND
Calendar: Mind events in July and August