PolicyNovember 11, 2016
Election Aftermath: The Value of Compassion and Reason
The results of Tuesday's vote suggest that people no longer care about these virtues, but we must remember that they are essential American values
Stories by Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach is director of Hedonia: TrygFonden Research Group at the University of Oxford and Aarhus University in Denmark. He serves on Scientific American's board of advisers.
Mental HealthAugust 1, 2012
New Pleasure Circuit Found in the Brain
A new understanding of how the brain generates pleasure could lead to better treatment of addiction and depression—and even to a new science of happiness
TechnologyDecember 1, 2008
Sparking Recovery with Brain "Pacemakers"
Applying electricity to the brain with deep-brain stimulation could ease Parkinson's disease, pain, depression and more