Mind Matters - 2009

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Mind Matters 4/21/09
Come Together: Our Need to Cooperate
What conga lines at dance parties and chanting soccer fanatics reveal about our deep need to coordinate with others

Mind Matters 4/14/09
The Mind-Body Problem
What does it feel like to have too many arms?
Mind Matters 4/9/09
Do Parents Matter?
A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics, and that we have a lot to learn from Asian classrooms
Mind Matters 4/7/09
The Neuroscience of Yoricks's Ghost and Other Afterimages
This is the eighth article in the Mind Matters series on the neuroscience behind visual illusions.
Mind Matters 3/24/09
What Can Magicians Teach Us about the Brain?
Neuroscience can learn a lot by tapping the intuitive knowledge of magicians as new sources for inspiration and study.

Mind Matters 3/17/09
Building the 21st-Century Mind
A professor of cognition and education reveals the five minds you need for success, how to make better decisions, and why ethics are critical.

Mind Matters 3/10/09
Clean and Virtuous: When Physical Purity Becomes Moral Purity
How "embodied" metaphors, rooted in our physical understanding of abstract concepts, shape our view of the world.

Mind Matters 3/3/09
Does Eating Fewer Calories Improve the Brain?
A new study reports that reducing calories may improve memory in older adults.

Mind Matters 2/26/09
Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts
A psychologist probes how altruism, Darwinism and neurobiology mean that we can succeed by not being cutthroat.

Mind Matters 2/24/09
Could Living in a Mentally Enriching Environment Change Your Genes?
When mice are exposed to enriched environments, their offspring can overcome genetic defects that impair long-term memory.

Mind Matters 2/17/09
In Defense of the Value of Social Neuroscience
A social neuroscientist responds to the controversial critique that the results of imaging studies are routinely overstated.

Mind Matters 2/10/09
Where Are Old Memories Stored in the Brain?
A new study suggests that the location of a recollection in the brain varies based on how old that recollection is

Mind Matters 2/3/09
Why Don't Babies Talk like Adults?
Going from "goo-goo" to garrulous one step at a time.

Mind Matters 1/27/09
The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes?
In our legal system, judges and juries have to assign responsibility for crimes and decide on appropriate punishments. A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes.

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