Departments

• Head Lines: Cut Up Those Cards
• Magpies Recognize Their Faces in the Mirror
• When Imitation Is More Than Flattery
• When Your Mind Disowns a Limb
• The Evolutionary Origins of Schizophrenia
• Obesity's Tie to Childhood Earaches
• Birth Control Pills Affect Women's Taste in Men
• Revisiting the Psychological Toll of Abortion
• Psychiatric Drugs Replacing Talk Therapy
• Soldiers Who Have Taken a Life More Likely to Defend Iraq War
• Brains More Distracted, Not Slower, with Age

Readers Respond on Sleeping Makes You Smarter--And More...

• Ask the Brains: What Is Sleep Paralysis?

• MIND Reviews: Obsession: A History

• Exploring Consciousness through the Study of Bees

• Is Hypnosis a Distinct Form of Consciousness?

• Modern Foraging: Tried and True versus Novelty

• Calendar: Mind Events in December and January

• When Blindness Is in the Mind, Not the Eyes

• The Truth about Hypocrisy

• Procrastination—And Other Stories from MIND

 

Features

Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit
Although biology is partly to blame for foot-dragging, anyone can learn to quit
By Trisha Gura

Why Do Men Buy Sex?
Some researchers say johns seek intimacy on demand; others believe these men typically want to use and dominate women
By Nikolas Westerhoff

Sparking Recovery with Brain "Pacemakers"
Applying electricity to the brain with deep-brain stimulation could ease Parkinson's disease, pain, depression and more
By Morten L. Kringelbach and Tipu Z. Aziz

Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard
Millions of us dream of transforming our lives, but few of us are able to make major changes after our 20s. Here's why
By Nikolas Westerhoff

One World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom
We are used to thinking of humans as occupying the sole pinnacle of evolutionary intelligence. That's where we're wrong
By Paul Patton

Impact and the Brain
Mild traumatic brain injury represents a silent but brutal plague among combat veterans and a hidden threat to the health of civilians
By Richard J. Roberts

Simple Salves for Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
Low-tech emergency room therapies can stem the damage from traumatic brain injuries
By Lucas Laursen