The Future of the Brain: An Introduction
What's next in brain health and enhancement
Features
Human Cyborgs Reveal How We Learn
Hooking the brain up to a computer can do more than let the severely disabled move artificial limbs. It is also revealing the secrets of how we learn
We Can Now Send Thoughts Directly between Brains
The dawn of human brain-to-brain communication has arrived
Brain-Hacking Software Can Decode Your Knowledge and Dreams
New technologies are extracting detailed data from our brains that reveal what we know, have seen or have dreamed. Some of the signals could even fly a plane
How to Silence Cyberbullying
Cyberbullies take advantage of the unique psychology of online communities to attack, intimidate and hurt others. Here is what makes trolls tick— and how to stop them
Mental Health Crises Online: Is Social Media a Friend or Foe?
People are increasingly broadcasting symptoms of mental illness on social media. We should listen
Zap Your Brain to Health with an Electrode Cap
Future medications for brain disorders could be delivered through electrodes rather than pills
Light-Sensitive Neurons Reveal the Brain's Secrets
By engineering brain cells to switch on or off in response to light, scientists are unlocking the mysteries of the mind and crafting new remedies for brain disorders
Departments
- From the Editor
10 Years of Scientific American MIND
- Letters
Readers Respond to "Creativity Is Collective"
- Recommended
10 Mobile Apps That Deliver Advice and Therapy
- Head Lines
The Brain Upgrades We Covet Most
Electric Brain Therapies Improve Their Aim
Sound Waves Can Heal Brain Disorders
Tongue Shocks Hasten Healing
Kids These Days Really Are More Egocentric
Rice Farming Linked to Holistic Thinking
Kindness Boosts Status in Some Cultures
Exercise Counteracts Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's
Practice Doesn't Always Make Perfect
Massive Study Reveals Schizophrenia's Genetic Roots
How to Be a Better Digital Native
People Prefer Electric Shocks to Tedium
Vivid Dreams Comfort the Dying
Yes, You Can Become Addicted to Tanning
The Rise of All-Purpose Antidepressants
- Illusions
How the Color Red Influences Our Behavior
- Consciousness Redux
Neuronal "Superhub" Might Generate Consciousness
- Ask the Brains
Why Do We Want to Bite Cute Things, Like Adorable Newborn Babies?
Why Have Our Brains Started to Shrink?
- Head Games
Head Games - November/December 2014
- Mind in Pictures
Will Machines Ever Think Like Humans?
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
How to Turn Around Troubled Teens
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