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Mind Matters 11/17/09
Your Brain on Books
Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene explains his quest to understand how the mind makes sense of written language

Mind Matters 11/10/09
The Mind Is a Mirror
How blind people "see" the actions of others
Mind Matters 11/3/09
The New Science of Temptation
What happens when Harvard scientists use a brain scanner to look for the devil inside?
Mind Matters 10/27/09
The Root of Thought: What Do Glial Cells Do?
Nearly 90 percent of the brain is composed of glial cells, not neurons. Andrew Koob argues that these overlooked cells just might be the source of the imagination
Mind Matters 10/20/09
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn
New research makes the case for hard tests, and suggests an unusual technique that anyone can use to learn

Mind Matters 10/13/09
The Chemistry of Information Addiction
A new experiment reveals why we always want to know the answer

Mind Matters 10/6/09
Illusions: What's in a Face?
This is the ninth article in the Mind Matters series on the neuroscience behind visual illusions

Mind Matters 9/29/09
Does Falling in Love Make Us More Creative?
A new study demonstrates that thinking about love--but not about sex--causes us to think more "globally," making it easier to come up with new ideas

Mind Matters 9/22/09
The Pigeon as Art Critic
How a bird can discriminate between good art and bad

Mind Matters 9/15/09
Why Does Music Make Us Feel?
A new study demonstrates the power of music to alter our emotional perceptions of other people

Mind Matters 9/8/09
Girl Brain, Boy Brain?
The two are not the same, but new work shows just how wrong it is to assume that all gender differences are hardwired

Mind Matters 9/1/09
What Is It Like to Be a Baby?
Alison Gopnik investigates the infant mind

Mind Matters 8/25/09
Depression's Evolutionary Roots
Two scientists suggest that depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages

Mind Matters 8/18/09
Does Language Shape What We Think?
A new study looks at what happens when a language doesn't have words for numbers

Mind Matters 8/11/09
Why We Get lost
Scientist Colin Ellard talks about our sense of direction--and what it suggests about our connection to the planet

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