Stories by Moheb Costandi

A neural circuit seems to control compulsive food consumption

Brain waves might soon determine whether an analgesic for infants is effective 

Scientific American Mind weighs in on recent titles from neuroscience and psychology 

The Jekyll-and-Hyde behavior of astrocytes may point the way to treatments for degenerative diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s and MS

New findings provide a more complex profile of the brain’s “internal GPS”

Scientific American Mind weighs in on recent titles from neuroscience and psychology 

The Blue Brain Project publishes its first major result: a digital imitation of circuitry in a sand grain–size chunk of rat brain

Male and female mice are found to regulate pain sensitivity differently, a result which could explain why some drug experiments have failed

Books and recommendations from Scientific American MIND

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

Books and recommendations from Scientific American MIND

Archaeologists are drawing comparisons between the fall of the Akkadian empire more than 4,000 years ago and the crises in contemporary Syria

Bacteria in your gut may be influencing your thoughts and moods

Mobile DNA elements called retrotransposons may be a source of genetic variation in nerve cells

What does it feel like to have too many arms?

A new study suggests that the location of a recollection in the brain varies based on how old that recollection is

As it turns out, size also matters when it comes to pain perception.

Scientists show that it's possible to erase specific memories in the brain