Music Can Heal the Brain
New therapies are using rhythm, beat and melody to help patients recover language, hearing, motion and emotion
Features
Everyone Can Gain from Making Music
The perks of learning to play an instrument last for decades
Teacher Brings Hope to Ebola Victims
An American woman offers help and home to children in Liberia
Strong Leadership Can Unleash Group Innovation
Harvard Business School’s Linda A. Hill explains how to foster an organization’s collective genius
Science Debunks Midlife Myths
Psychological studies suggest that midlife crises are real, but the stereotypes are not
Common Parasite Could Manipulate Our Behavior
Toxoplasma gondii, an insidious and common parasite spread by cats, controls its rodent host’s brain—and may be manipulating our own behavior as well
Common Cat Parasite Affects Many Other Hosts
Toxoplasma gondii affects creatures on land, in the air and on the sea through multiple means of transmission
First Aid for Mental Illness Shows Promise
Could an eight-hour class prevent tragedies triggered by psychiatric disorders?
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Book Review: The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
- From the Editor
Music, Midlife and Magic
- Letters
Readers Respond to "The Future of the Brain"
- Recommended
Book Review: Smart People Don’t Diet
Book Review: On Romantic Love
On Our Book Shelf: Editors' Picks
App Review: Concussion Coach
- Head Lines
Harsher Punishments for the Obese and Hippies
Conformity Starts Young
Misdirected Vengeance Can Still Feel Just
Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Have Altered Stress Hormones
Why Do We Cry When We’re Happy?
Curb the Aging Brain’s Distractibility with Practice
How to Be a Better Spouse
Gossip Boosts Self-Reflection
Beliefs Can Trigger Asthma Attacks
Addicts Quit with Paid Work and Near-Daily Drug Tests
Quit Smoking in Your Sleep
Pills that Help Addicts Quit Have a Catch
When You Get Stuck Guessing, Relieve Stress
Believing Beauty Is Attainable Causes Pain
Thought-Controlled Genes Could Someday Help Us Heal
- Illusions
Famous Paintings Can Reveal Visual Disorders
- Perspectives
Asking Advice Makes a Good Impression
- Consciousness Redux
2 Natural Philosophers Discuss the Mind
- Ask the Brains
Will Heavy Drinking Really Cause Forgetfulness?
Can Personality Improve after a Stroke?
- Head Games
Head Games
- Mind in Pictures
How the Brain Makes Memories
- Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
Mental Illness: How to Spot Fact from Fiction
