Sleep on It: How Snoozing Makes You Smarter
During slumber, our brain engages in data analysis, from strengthening memories to solving problems
Features
Depressingly Easy
We nuke prepared dishes rather than growing our own food and machine-wash ready-made clothes rather than sewing and scrubbing. Such conveniences may be contributing to rising rates of depression by depriving our brains of their hard-earned rewards...
The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn
Our love for telling tales reveals the workings of the mind
Minding Mistakes: How the Brain Monitors Errors and Learns from Goofs
Brain scientists have identified nerve cells that monitor performance, detect errors and govern the ability to learn from misfortunes
High-Aptitude Minds: The Neurological Roots of Genius
Researchers are finding clues to the basis of brilliance in the brain
Gifted Children: How to Bring Out Their Potential
Enrichment activities can provide for very bright kids
Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of the Human Mind
Subtle refinements in brain architecture, rather than large-scale alterations, make us smarter than other animals
Departments
- From the Editor
Emotional Ties and More from the August Issue of SciAm Mind
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, August/September 2008
- Head Lines
Call Me Sleepless
Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer?
Treating Anxiety in Alcoholics may Reduce Cravings
Unconscious Decisions
Avian Cooperation: Rooks Work Together to Solve Puzzle for Food
Word Problems
Incense May Act As a Psychoactive Drug during Religious Ceremony
Motion Magic
Squeaky Mice Reveal Emotion, Self-Expression in the Brain
Socializing with Youth Improves the Elderly's Health, Life Span
Scientists Create a Map of Smell Similarity Based on Neural Activity
Polling Places' Surprising Sway
How Light Deprivation Causes Depression
A Natural Log: Our Innate Sense of Numbers is Logarithmic, Not Linear
Seeing is Hearing: New Type of Synesthesia Discovered
- Illusions
Shading Illusions: How 2-D Becomes 3-D in the Mind
- Perspectives
Monkey Brains Hint at Evolutionary Root of Language Processing
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND Reviews: August/September 2008
- Ask the Brains
Ask the Brains - August 2008
- Head Games
Head Games
- Calendar
SciAm Mind Calendar: August/September 2008
- We're Only Human
Arranging for Serenity: How Physical Space and Emotion Intersect
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
Do-It-Yourself Addiction Cures?
