What Science Says about How to Get Preschool Right
The push for rigorous prekindergarten education has overlooked the evidence on how young kids really learn best
Features
Trump's Appeal: What Psychology Tells Us
Behind his unforeseen success in the 2016 election was a masterful use of group psychology principles
The Footprints of Consciousness
The bits and pieces of the brain that render us conscious reside in places few suspected
Anesthesia and the Elderly Brain
Research paints a complex picture of how surgery and anesthesia might harm the brain, particularly for older patients
The Warmth of Friendship, the Chill of Betrayal
Thanks to some evolutionary hardwiring in the brain and body, our physical and psychological temperatures are linked
Departments
Lessons from Making Brain Soup
- From the Editor
Little Learners, Trump's Appeal and Brain Soup
- Letters
Readers Respond to "The Caregiver's Dilemma"
- Recommended
New Books about Amnesia, Empathy, ADHD and the Placebo Effect
- Head Lines
How We Read Emotions: Feeling Your Pain
Why Emotional Snap Judgments Are Often Wrong
Too Much Emotional Intelligence Is a Bad Thing
Can You Tell Someone's Emotional State from an MRI?
Most Adults Spend More Time on Their Digital Devices Than They Think
Good Relationships Are All in the Family
The Pros and Cons of Being Self-Aware
Put a Bird on It
Why We Love Dad's Old Sweater
"Super Agers" Have Brains That Look Young
Slo-mo Made Him Do It
A Trip inside the Schizophrenic Mind
National Corruption Breeds Personal Dishonesty
How to Be a Better Organizer
How to Keep the Passion Alive
- Illusions
Deploying Deception on the Battlefield
- Perspectives
Shaping the Urban Brain
- Ask the Brains
Can I Learn to Think More Rationally?
Why Do We Cry?
Does Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Influence Personality?
- Mind in Pictures
Singin' in the Brain
- Cases
Case Study: When Chronic Pain Leads to a Dangerous Addiction
