April 1, 2011
Readers Respond to "A Geometric Theory of Everything" and Other Articles
Letters to the editor from the December 2010 issue of Scientific American
Language
The SciencesMarch 22, 2011
April 2011 Briefing Memo
New Issue: Science’s Impossible Questions. Read Now
Mind & BrainMarch 20, 2011
Self-Restraint Leads Us to Prefer Aggression
Research shows that when we practice self-restraint, we also tend to prefer aggressive messaging and movies. Christie Nicholson reports
Mind & BrainMarch 18, 2011
Music is All in the Mind
A brain-computer interface allows paralysed patients to play music with brainpower alone.
Mind & BrainMarch 13, 2011
Right-Handers Tend to Prefer the Right Side
Recent research in the journal Psychological Science found that righties tend to prefer the right side of anything (spatially speaking) and lefties the left. Christie Nicholson reports
Mind & BrainMarch 9, 2011
Natural homophobes? Evolutionary psychology and antigay attitudes
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
She Moves in Mysterious Ways: How Extraordinary Posture Affects the Brain
What happens in the brain when we see someone in a posture we cannot imitate?
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
The Neuroscience of True Grit
When tragedy strikes, most of us ultimately rebound surprisingly well. Where does such resilience come from?
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
Border Bias and Our Perception of Risk
Our mental maps of risk and safety rely too heavily on imaginary boundaries
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
Readers Respond to "Mind Over Magic?"--and More...
Letters to the editor about the November/December 2010 issue of Scientific American MIND Readers Respond to "Mind Over Magic?"—and More...
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
Your Avatar, Your Guide: Digital Doubles Can Improve Social Skills—or Create False Memories
Seeing a digital doppelgänger can change your mind--for better or worse
Mind & BrainMarch 1, 2011
Lose Focus, Lose Happiness
A wandering mind may bring you down