How Humor Makes You Friendlier, Sexier
Seeing the bright side of life may strengthen the psyche, ease pain and tighten social bonds
Features
Brain Trainers: A Workout for the Mind
Put your cortex through its paces with these software games
The Roots of Problem Personalities
Scientists are peering into the brains of people with borderline personality disorder and finding clues to the roots of this disabling illness
Knowing Your Chances: What Health Stats Really Mean
Learn how to put aside unjustified fears and hopes and how to weigh your real risk of illness—or likelihood of recovery
How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood
Brain research can help us craft spaces that relax, inspire, awaken, comfort and heal
Learn to Think Better: Tips from a Savant
You may never have the memory of Rain Man, but you can still get tips for improving your cognitive performance from this extraordinary thinker
Departments
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, April/May/June 2009
- Head Lines
How Conflicts Escalate: Overreacting to Perceived Slights
How Does the Brain Form Sentences?
Bird Naps: How Migratory Flyers Catch Up on Sleep
Avoiding Sugar Key to Ending Senior Moments
Brain Cooling Answers Questions about Bird Behavior
Finding Connections: How Do the Parts of the Brain Interact?
- Illusions
Illusions in Motion: The Power of Symmetry
All Together Now: The Universal Appeal of Moving in Unison
- Perspectives
Explaining Fiscal Foolishness—Psychology and the Economy
- Consciousness Redux
Defense Mechanisms: Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND Film Reviews: Beyond Rain Main—Autism in Film
MIND Reviews: Out of Our Heads, by Alva Noë
MIND Reviews: Why We Make Mistakes
MIND DVD Reviews: The Linguists
- Ask the Brains
Do Blind People Suffer from Seasonal Depression?
Does Postpartum Depression Serve an Evolutionary Purpose?
- Head Games
Head Games
