Health CareSeptember 1, 2021
How I Was Betrayed from Within
One patient recounts her journey through a world of disabling symptoms, ineffective treatments and dismissive doctors
Stories by Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova is a science journalist and professional poker player. She is author of the best-selling books The Biggest Bluff (Penguin Press, 2020), The Confidence Game (Viking Press, 2016) and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Viking Press, 2013).
EvolutionAugust 19, 2013
Cooler Than #SharkWeek: What Can We Learn From the Brains of the Largest Sharks?
“Well sir, the shortest farewells are the best,” Casper Gutman—the fat man—tells detective Sam Spade near the end of Dashiell Hammett’s classic noir novel, The Maltese Falcon.
August 12, 2013
Can what you do *before* you write improve your actual writing?
Thomas Wolfe liked to masturbate before each of his writing sessions: the activity, he said, helped inspire his imagination and put him in the proper mindset for writing (a “good male feeling,” he called it).
Mind & BrainJuly 26, 2013
Jane Austen is replacing Charles Darwin-and that's a very good thing
Mind & BrainJuly 16, 2013
Of polar bears and consciousness: A tribute to Daniel Wegner
Mind & BrainJuly 3, 2013
The art of storytelling meets the science of autism: A conversation with Richard Panek
Mind & BrainJune 21, 2013
Why we celebrate the summer solstice
Mind & BrainJune 10, 2013
The ultimate judge and jury of journalistic responsibility: We, the readers
HealthJune 3, 2013
A bite of fresh lilac: The age-old allure of edible flowers
Mind & BrainMay 16, 2013
Want to be happier and live longer? Protect green spaces
Mind & BrainMay 8, 2013
A bagpipe of a moral dilemma
Mind & BrainMay 1, 2013
The perils of hindsight judgment
Mind & BrainApril 12, 2013
Why grad schools should require students to blog
Mind & BrainMarch 13, 2013
A meeting of the minds
Mind & BrainFebruary 26, 2013
From the words of an albino, a brilliant blend of color
Mind & BrainFebruary 15, 2013
Valentine's Day on the planet of the Little Prince
Mind & BrainFebruary 8, 2013
The man who couldn t speak and how he revolutionized psychology
Mind & BrainJanuary 15, 2013
When I was your age...: Or, what is it with kids these days?
Mind & BrainJanuary 3, 2013
Sherlock Holmes, the mindful detective
Mind & BrainDecember 14, 2012
The beautiful fragility of language
Mind & BrainNovember 20, 2012
Killer blueberries: Inside the reality of paranoia
Mind & BrainNovember 12, 2012
In praise of paper
Mind & BrainOctober 22, 2012
What Jane Austen can teach us about how the brain pays attention
Mind & BrainOctober 5, 2012
Is Huckleberry Finn's ending really lacking? Not if you're talking psychology.