
Scientific American MIND Launches a New Home Page and Blog Network

Scientific American MIND Launches a New Home Page and Blog Network

Sharpen Your Powers of Attention
Managing editor Sandra Upson introduces the March/April 2013 issue of Scientific American MIND

Cultivating Optimism
Managing editor Sandra Upson introduces the January/February 2013 issue of Scientific American Mind

Where Are All the Female Geniuses?
Women tend to choose work-life balance rather than the pursuit of eminence—although the choice is not entirely freely made

Portraits in Precocity: Gifted Child Artists Dazzle Their Audience [Slide Show]
Young Picassos and budding Rembrandts reveal an artistic mind-set at early ages

Tap into Your Inner Einstein

Training the Brain for Love and Learning

A Single Brain Structure May Give Winners That Extra Physical Edge
An extraordinary insula helps elite athletes better anticipate their body's upcoming feelings, improving their physical reactions

Cultivate Creativity in Everyday Life

Are Believers Really Happier Than Atheists?
Who is better off: the religious or atheists? Cultural values determine the answer

Feeling Free

Recommended: The Social Conquest of Earth
Books and recommendation from Scientific American

Mental Overload

Scientific American Mind Is Now on Facebook

Inside the Mind of a Video Game Champ
Cognitive scientists are observing StarCraft 2 players to learn how humans multitask

Time to Forget

How a Computer Game is Reinventing the Science of Expertise [Video]

Can Extreme Resilience Be Taught?

For Super Agers, Bodies Age as Brains Stay Young

10 New Ways to Peer Inside the Human Mind
Artistry abounds in these 10 maps of the human mind

Sparks in Your Sleep

Stress Less

The Parent Brain

Taking Sides
Is being right-handed all for the greater good?