A Revealing Reflection
Mirror neurons are providing stunning insights into everything from how we learn to walk to how we empathize with others
Features
Freud Returns
Neuroscientists are finding that their biological descriptions of the brain may fit together best when integrated by psychological theories that Freud sketched a century ago
Counterpoint
Freud returns? Like a bad dream.
Neurotic about Neurons
Freud's theories sprang directly from neuroscience, until he began interrogating sexually frustrated women
Psychotherapy on Trial
Empirically supported therapies seek to bring the power of research-proven techniques to the therapist's office. So why are they controversial?
Bird Brains? Hardly
Parrots demonstrate impressive cognitive feats that rival the talents of chimps and dolphins
Staying Sober
Better understanding of how alcohol alters brain chemistry reveals mechanisms for beating dependency
Essay: The New Science of Mind
A forecast of the major problems scientists need to solve
Hunting for Answers
A single mutation casts the death sentence of Huntington's disease. Researchers are pinning down how that mutation ruins neurons--knowledge that may suggest therapies
Electric Thoughts?
The latest computer designs draw inspiration from human neural networks. But will machines ever really think?
Departments
- From the Editor
Self-Reflections
- Head Lines
Weak Nerves May Cause Depression
See What I Mean?
Memory Watched as It Forms
Lying Liars
Misery Index Up
Integrating Newbies
Discipline Pays
Stem Cells Cause Cancer
Loneliness Predisposed
Bigger Is Brainier?
Learn by Reverse Replay
- Illusions
Touching Illusions
- Perspectives
Thinking Green
Good Friends
Sexuality and Choice
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND Reviews: April/May 2006
- Ask the Brains
Ask the Brains
- Head Games
Head Games
- Calendar
SciAm Mind Calendar: April/May 2006
- Think Better
Fixing Forgetfulness
