SA Mind

Under challenging conditions, adolescents may assess and react less efficiently than adults

Helen Mayberg may have found the switch that lifts depression--and shined a light on the real link between thought and emotion

"Diversity" in employee teams does not always equal superior performance

How a brain surgeon assesses the risk of a procedure, and informs her patient about it, can be as tricky as the surgery itself

How the brain decides what to focus conscious attention on

Do people turn violent because of self-hate or self-love?

The brain produces its own "marijuana-like" chemicals to protect neurons, and researchers hope to exploit these compounds to ease anxiety, obesity and addiction

Keeling over at the sight of blood or from standing still too long may be a lifesaving mechanism

By marrying psychology with archaeology, scientists are unearthing how thought evolved