Stories by Frederik Joelving

More Than Just a Bad Dream--A Nightmare's Impact on the Waking Brain

Nightmares may fuel anxiety rather than serving as an emotional release

Mental Maps Reveal the Brain's Plug-and-Play Plasticity

Researchers continue to probe the limits of the brain's plasticity

Is Multitasking Limited by a Mental Bottleneck?

Our ability to multitask is limited by the prefrontal cortex

Calendar: MIND events in November and December

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

MIND Reviews: Brainy Gifts

From home sleep-cycle monitoring to a tap into the psychology of motivation, these clever products promise to get inside your head

How You Learn More from Success Than Failure

The brain may not learn from its mistakes after all

Why the #! Do We Swear?

Expletives may not only be an expression of agony but also a means to alleviate it

Lard Lesson: Why Fat Lubricates Your Appetite

Saturated fat dulls the brain's response to key appetite hormones, an effect useful in our evolutionary past during times of scarcity, but not so much in a well-fed society

Calendar: Mind events in September and October

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief

Dropping the F-bomb or other expletives may not only be an expression of agony, but also a means to alleviate it

New research explores how--and why--music affects our brains

Whistles with Dolphins

Trailblazing our knowledge of aquatic minds, Diana Reiss uses science to fight for dolphin welfare.