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A Tale of 2 Rodents

Rats teach a neuroscientist lessons of love—or at least sex

Speech Disorders May Be Helped Using Rhythm and Familiar Words

Singing therapy is often used to restore fluency to sufferers of speech disorders due to stroke. Recent research found, however, it may not be the singing itself that helps. Christie Nicholson reports...

Heal Thyself: Internet-Based Self-Help for Social Phobia Shows Promise

The Burden of Lying

Fibbing is tough on the brain. New strategies expose liars by adding to the load

The Neuroscience of Beauty

How does the brain appreciate art?

Testing for Consciousness in Machines

Asking people and computers what's wrong with manipulated photos may tell if there is "anybody home"

Musicians Stay Sharp

More Than Child's Play: Ability to Think Scientifically Declines as Kids Grow Up

Young children think like researchers but lose the feel for the scientific method as they age

Autism in Another Ape

An extraordinary baby bonobo is a rare case study for autism researchers

Recommended: The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

What Is Pseudoscience?

Distinguishing between science and pseudoscience is problematic

The Eyes Have It

Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans. Maybe that is why illusions involving eyes are so compelling

Following the Crowd: Changing Your Mind to Fit In May Not Be a Conscious Choice

Password Prevented, by David Pogue

In a world drowning in absurd security requirements, it's nice to see a few islands of reason

Why Is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?

A surprising theory about global variations in intelligence

Seeds of Destruction: Mating Opportunities as Motivation for War

Readers Respond to "The Unleashed Mind"-- and More

Letters to the Editor about the May/June 2011 issue of Scientific American MIND

Calendar: MIND events in September and October

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Noble Nobel Faces

A week in Lindau, where scientists are celebrities

What is the Sex of 17?

People think of many things, even numbers, as being either male or female