January 2012 Issue
Functional MRI can peer inside your brain and watch you watching a YouTube clip
Our dueling existential minds influence our beliefs and behaviors in different ways
The human brain is good at identifying faces, but illusions can fool our "face sense"
True sufferers are often troubled—and yet time and treatment can often improve their lives
Provocative experiments suggest that insects have something resembling emotions
Letting go of memories supports a sound state of mind, a sharp intellect--and superior recall
Belief in the paranormal arises from the same brain mechanisms that shape most human thought
Feelings edit and sculpt memories
Drugs and other therapies may soon be able to alter or even delete recollections selectively
10 brain twisters compete to be the best illusion of 2011
A spouse's traits can become more grating than the quirks of others
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