Features
Emotion Selectively Distorts Our Recollections
Feelings edit and sculpt memories
Forgetting is Key to a Healthy Mind
Letting go of memories supports a sound state of mind, a sharp intellect--and superior recall
Scientists Manipulate and Erase Memories
Drugs and other therapies may soon be able to alter or even delete recollections selectively
Illusion Contest Offers Mind-Warping Visions
10 brain twisters compete to be the best illusion of 2011
Common Brain Mechanisms Underlie Supernatural Perceptions
Belief in the paranormal arises from the same brain mechanisms that shape most human thought
Why Your Romantic Partner Annoys You
A spouse's traits can become more grating than the quirks of others
Departments
- From the Editor
Time to Forget
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, January/February 2012
- Head Lines
Workplace Rudeness Has a Ripple Effect
Certain Brain Cells Become Toxic in Lou Gehrig's Disease
Internet Changes How We Remember
Healthy Glow?
Certain Neurons Respond Specifically to Animals
Psychedelic Psyche
Stuttering Reflects Irregularities in Brain Setup
Blink
Voter Turnout Is Tied to Sense of Identity
Drug Addiction May Make Users More Vulnerable to Stress
Out-of-Body Experiences Linked with Poor Sense of Own Body
63.2 Billion
Infants Possess Intermingled Senses
Unusual Flavors Can Dampen Immune Response
Can't Carry a Tune? Work Out Your Vocal Muscles
Are Some of us Predisposed to Concussions?
Brain Likely Encodes the World in 2 Dimensions
Partners Can Smell Each Other's Emotions
Tech Watch
Brain Changes Decades before Dementia Sets In
Eyeing the Chocolate
When Viruses Invade the Brain
Brainpower
- Illusions
Illusions Unmask Our "Face Sense"
- Perspectives
Bees Appear to Experience Moods
- Consciousness Redux
How Neuroscientists Observe Brains Watching Movies
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND
- Ask the Brains
Ask the Brains
- Head Games
Head Games
- Mind in Pictures
Mind In Pictures
- We're Only Human
Thinking about Mortality Changes How We Act
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Is Often Flawed
