Stories by David Dobbs

Helen Mayberg may have found the switch that lifts depression--and shined a light on the real link between thought and emotion

Mirror neurons are providing stunning insights into everything from how we learn to walk to how we empathize with others

Joseph E. LeDoux discovered how fear arises. Now he is showing that the biology of emotions is what gives life meaning

In infants, Elizabeth Spelke finds fundamental insights into how men and women think

For this mountain-climbing neuroscientist, explaining consciousness is the ultimate extreme sport

The growing controversy over fMRI scans is forcing us to confront whether brain equals mind

A scandal over hidden data about adolescent suicide lights a dark corner of our drug approval system