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?
Features
Wisdom from Psychopaths?
A scientist enters a high-security psychiatric hospital to extract tips and advice from a crowd without a conscience
The Mystery of the Missed Connection
A common but little understood malformation reveals the brain's incredible plasticity
Departments
Readers Respond to “Dating in a Digital World”
Cultivating Optimism
Stimulating the Brain with Microscopic Magnets
Tune Your Subliminal Biases toward Optimism
Your Brain on Trial
Mirages and Mind Benders the 10 Best Illusions of the Year
Untangling the Mysteries of Alzheimer's
- Head Lines
Focus on Yourself to Alleviate Social Pain
Successful Salespeople Have Moderate Temperaments
Brains of “Super Agers” Look Decades Younger
How Co-Sleeping with an Infant Might Make You a Better Dad
Beauty in a Brain Tumor?
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
“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
MIND Reviews: Blindspot
- Ask the Brains
Does Photographic Memory Exist?
Why Did Sleep Evolve?
- Head Games
Head Games
- We're Only Human
Finding Self-Discipline in Others
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
A Dose of Narcissism Can Be Useful
