Health
Could an Infection Cause Tourette's-Like Symptoms in Teenage Girls?
The sudden onset of a tic disorder in 15 upstate New York teens might be the result of a strep or other microbial contagion, not "conversion disorder"
Stories by Karen Schrock
Mind
Why Penn State Students Rioted—They Deify Joe Paterno
The psychology of group membership helps explain why Penn State students can’t stop loving a man who ignored a child molestation scandal
Health
Mummy Says John Horgan Is Wrong about Fat and Carbs in Food
I was struck today by the juxtaposition of two recent articles here at ScientificAmerican.com. In “Thin Body of Evidence,” John Horgan expresses his skepticism about journalist Gary Taubes’s claims that carbohydrates, not fat, are the cause of obesity, heart disease and other health problems faced by many Americans...
Health
How Smokers Think about Death
Do graphic warning labels on cigarette packages really deter people from lighting up?
Health
The hidden health power of spices and herbs is revealed in recent studies
BOSTON—As most of us learned in school, fruit is delicious because it evolved to be eaten—if plants can entice animals to eat their seeds, they'll be spread far and wide in handy packets of fertilizer...
Mind
People with Asperger's less likely to see purpose behind the events in their lives
BOSTON—Why do we often attribute events in our lives to a higher power or supernatural force? Some psychologists believe this kind of thinking, called teleological thinking, is a by-product of social cognition...
Mind
Once Learned, Never Forgotten
Lost languages acquired during childhood persist in the brain
The Sciences
Should Parents Spank Their Kids?
A task force concludes that parents probably should not use spanking as a punishment
Should parents spank their kids? Probably not, task force concludes
Imaginary worlds are early sign of highly creative kids
The Sciences
Monogamy Is All the Rage These Days
TORONTO—Gay or straight, male or female—everyone is having fewer affairs now than they were in the 1970s. According to a new study presented here today at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, extramarital (and extra-partnership) sex is way down, and discussion about the topic within couples is way up...
Mind
Why Music Moves Us
New research explains music's power over human emotions and its benefits to our mental and physical well-being
Mind
Calendar: Mind Events in February and March
Mind Events in February and March
Mind
Head Lines: Cut Up Those Cards
What does Barack Obama's brain look like?
Mind
Calendar: Mind Events in December and January
Mind
Mental Benefits
A new law requires better insurance coverage for mental illness
The Sciences
SciAm Mind Calendar: August/September 2008
Sustainability
SciAm Mind Calendar: June/July 2008
The summer's best brain-related exhibitions, movies, conferences and more.
Sustainability
