Inside the Mind of a Psychopath
Neuroscientists are discovering that some of the most cold-blooded killers aren't bad. They suffer from a brain abnormality that sets them adrift in an emotionless world
Features
Cubicle, Sweet Cubicle: The Best Ways to Make Office Spaces Not So Bad
Why some office spaces alienate workers, whereas others make them happier and more efficient
The World at Our Fingertips: The Connection Between Touch and Learning
The sense of touch helps children to ground abstract ideas in concrete experiences
Smart Jocks: Sports Helps Kids Classroom Performance
When kids exercise, they boost brainpower as well as brawn
Hands in the Air: How Gesturing Helps Us to Think
Gestures reveal subconscious knowledge and cement new ideas
Mapping the Mind: Online Interactive Atlas Shows Activity of 20,000 Brain-Related Genes
A meticulously constructed atlas of the human brain reveals the molecular roots of mental illness—and of everyday behavior
Departments
- From the Editor
Head Spaces
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, September/October 2010
- Head Lines
Depression Drugs Affect Personality
Dreamy Eyes: What Do We Look at While Asleep?
Testosterone's Effect on Fair Play...
... and Posture's Effect on Testosterone
Natural Immunity: What Happens When We Simply See a Sick Person
Favorite Colors: Color Preference Determined by Desirability of Objects
All about My Mother: How Touch Helps Us Take Risks
Trying To Do Too Much: Why Multitasking Fails
Slackers Better at "Fun" Activities
Money Buys Unhappiness
Prescription for a Healthier Brain: Coffee and Cigarettes?
Ecstasy Triumphs over Agony: MDMA Helps with Recovery from Trauma
Green and Mean: Eco-shopping Has a Side Effect
How Smokers Think about Death
Hormonal Help for Autism: A Dose of Oxytocin
You're Happy, I'm Happy: Biology Plays a Role in Our Aversion to Inequity
- Illusions
Reading between the Lines: How We See Hidden Objects
- Perspectives
It's Not Dementia, It's Your Heart Medication: Cholesterol Drugs and Memory
- Consciousness Redux
You Must Remember This: What Makes Something Memorable?
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND Reviews Books: September/October 2010
MIND Reviews: Philosophy Meets Neuroscience
DVD
- Ask the Brains
What is going on in the brain when we experience déjà vu?
- Head Games
Head Games
- Mind in Pictures
MIND in Pictures: Neandering Genes
- Calendar
MIND Calendar: September/October 2010
- We're Only Human
Faking It: Why Wearing Designer Knockoffs May Have Hidden Psychological Costs
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
The "Just Do It!" Trap: Why Radio "Docs" Help Few
