Tune Your Subliminal Biases toward Optimism
We can tune our mind to notice the bright side of ambiguous events, bolstering our resilience to stress and anxiety
Features
How Video Games Change the Brain
Playing violent video games can sharpen our focus, reasoning and decision-making skills. But do we really need the weapons?
Wisdom from Psychopaths?
A scientist enters a high-security psychiatric hospital to extract tips and advice from a crowd without a conscience
Your Brain on Trial
Lessons from psychology could greatly improve courtroom decision-making, reducing racial bias, eyewitness errors and false confessions
The Mystery of the Missed Connection
A common but little understood malformation reveals the brain's incredible plasticity
Departments
- From the Editor
Cultivating Optimism
- Letters
Readers Respond to “Dating in a Digital World”
- Head Lines
Focus on Yourself to Alleviate Social Pain
Brains of “Super Agers” Look Decades Younger
Successful Salespeople Have Moderate Temperaments
Beauty in a Brain Tumor?
How Co-Sleeping with an Infant Might Make You a Better Dad
Can Eye Movements Treat Trauma?
Ameliorate Anger and Anxiety
Troubled Family Life Changes Kids' Brains
Owning Teddy Bears Does Not Reflect Immaturity
Healing the Brain with Snail Venom
Bright Screens Could Delay Bedtime
Effects of Stress Can Persist for Generations
Stimulating the Brain with Microscopic Magnets
“I Don't” Beats “I Can't” for Self-Control
- Illusions
Visual Errors Twist and Tickle the Mind
- Perspectives
Yet Another Stage of Life?
- Consciousness Redux
Cracking the Retinal Code
- Reviews and Recommendations
MIND Reviews: Brain on Fire
MIND Reviews: The Myth of Martyrdom
MIND Reviews: Books Roundup
- Ask the Brains
Why Did Sleep Evolve?
Does Photographic Memory Exist?
- Head Games
Head Games
- Mind in Pictures
Untangling the Mysteries of Alzheimer's
- We're Only Human
Finding Self-Discipline in Others
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
A Dose of Narcissism Can Be Useful