Departments

• Less Sleep Linked to Blues in Teens
• Born into Debt: Gene Linked to Credit-Card Balances
• Sing-song Speakers Score Highly on Measures of Empathy
• Ambidexterity and ADHD: Are They Linked?
• Honesty Online
• Closing the Gap: How Desire Affects Perceptions of Distance
• Too Much, Too Young: Brain Overgrowth Correlates with the Severity of Autism Symptoms
• Food for Thought: Does Fast Food Make Us Impatient?
• Two Sides of the Same Coin: Gym-bots and Obese People May Share the Same Brain Pathway
• Status Matters
• When I'm 64: Identification with 'Future Self' Helps with Successful Financial Habits
• Skip the Small Talk: Meaningful Conversations Linked to Happier People
• Color TV: Nonverbal Behavior toward Characters of Different Races Affects Viewers' Prejudices
• In Stroke Rehab, Skip the ABC's

Readers Respond to "The Power To Persuade"--And More...

• Why Do We Forget?
• When a person loses his sense of smell, does he also lose any memory associated with a smell?

• MIND Reviews: Changing Brains
• MIND Reviews: This Emotional Life
• MIND Reviews: How Pleasure Works
• MIND Reviews: See What I'm Saying
• MIND Reviews: The Emperor's New Drugs

• Looks Can Deceive: Why Perception and Reality Don't Always Match Up

• Carried to Extremes

• The Willpower Paradox

• Sex in Bits and Bytes: What's the Problem?

• A Taboo Exchange

• Calendar: MIND events in July and August

• A Singular Challenge

 

Features

Making Connections
The essence of memory is linking one thought to another
By Anthony J. Greene

When Passion Is the Enemy
People with borderline personality disorder endure emotional extremes that can rip apart their lives
By Molly Knight Raskin

Yearning for Yesterday: Should It Really Be Avoided?
Dwell on the past. It's good for you
By Jochen Gebauer and Constantine Sedikides

The Mechanics of Mind Reading
Recent advances in brain scanning allow unprecedented access to our thoughts and mental states
By Daniel Bor

Speaking in Tones: Music and Language Partner in the Brain
Our sense of song helps us learn to talk, read and even make friends
By Diana Deutsch

Me, Myself and I: How the Brain Maintains a Sense of Self
Although people change throughout their lives, most hold a steady view of who they are. How does this become unglued for some?
By Uwe Herwig