Features

• Why We Quit

  In the U.S., more students drop out of college than graduate--yet six out of every 10 jobs require a postsecondary education. What causes so many students to squander their future?

  Yvonne Raley   | August 1, 2007  | 1

• Forgetting Faces

  They do not recognize friends or family members or even themselves in a mirror. Researchers have recently discovered that an astounding 2 to 3 percent of the population may be effectively blind to faces

  Thomas Grueter   | August 1, 2007  |

• Is Greed Good?

  Economists are finding that social concerns often trump selfishness in financial decision making, a view that helps to explain why tens of millions of people send money to strangers they find on the Internet

  Christoph Uhlhaas   | August 1, 2007  | 4

• When Words Decide

  Researchers are discovering the myriad ways in which language can have a profound effect on the choices we make--from the foods we eat to the laws we support

  Barry Schwartz   | August 1, 2007  |

• Where Mind and Body Meet

  Conscious physical sensation and conscious emotional awareness come together in the right frontal insula

  Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee   | August 1, 2007  |

• New Brain Cells Go to Work

  How newborn neurons soon join the existing tightly knit networks of brain cells

  R. Douglas Fields   | August 1, 2007  |

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  Deadly Dreams: What Motivates School Shootings?

  After a recent spate of school shootings, researchers are analyzing the malignant fantasies of young assassins for warning signs that could help prevent future tragedies

  Frank J. Robertz   | August 1, 2007  | 43