Electric Brain Stimulation Offers Binge-Eating Clue
A neural circuit seems to control compulsive food consumption
Stories by Moheb Costandi
Is the Baby in Pain? Brain Scans Can Tell
Brain waves might soon determine whether an analgesic for infants is effective
New Books about Amnesia, Empathy, ADHD and the Placebo Effect
Scientific American Mind weighs in on recent titles from neuroscience and psychology
Brain's “Helper” Cells Turn Toxic in Injury and Disease
The Jekyll-and-Hyde behavior of astrocytes may point the way to treatments for degenerative diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s and MS
How Do Brain Cells Tell Us Where We’re Going?
New findings provide a more complex profile of the brain’s “internal GPS”
New Books about Motivation, Memory, Happiness and More Relaxed Parenting
Scientific American Mind weighs in on recent titles from neuroscience and psychology
Supercomputer Simulates Rat Brain Fragment
The Blue Brain Project publishes its first major result: a digital imitation of circuitry in a sand grain–size chunk of rat brain
Sex Divide Seen in Mechanism That Produces Persistent Pain
Male and female mice are found to regulate pain sensitivity differently, a result which could explain why some drug experiments have failed
MIND Reviews: Touching a Nerve
Books and recommendations from Scientific American MIND
Evidence-based Justice Acknowledges Our Corrupt Memories
The work of psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, who has spent decades exposing flaws in eyewitness testimony, is gaining fresh traction in the U.S. legal system
MIND Reviews: Pieces of Light
Books and recommendations from Scientific American MIND
Fall of Ancient Empire Linked to Crisis in Syria
Archaeologists are drawing comparisons between the fall of the Akkadian empire more than 4,000 years ago and the crises in contemporary Syria
Microbes Manipulate Your Mind
Bacteria in your gut may be influencing your thoughts and moods
The Ductile Helix: "Jumping Genes" May Influence Brain Activity
Mobile DNA elements called retrotransposons may be a source of genetic variation in nerve cells
The Mind-Body Problem
What does it feel like to have too many arms?
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
Distorted Body Images: A Quick and Easy Way to Reduce Pain
As it turns out, size also matters when it comes to pain perception.
The Power of the Memory Molecule
Scientists show that it's possible to erase specific memories in the brain
