Cognition
An AI That Knows the World Like Children Do
Artificial intelligence has staged a revival by starting to incorporate what we know about how children learn
Features
Behavior
You Do Not Think Alone
A new book argues that thought and knowledge are community efforts
Mind & Brain
New Drugs for Lou Gehrig's Disease Head for Clinical Trials
Newly discovered genetic mutations are providing clues about how this disorder relentlessly destroys motor neurons and robs people of their mobility. The findings may lead to drug therapies for a condition that has long defied treatment ...
Behavior
Post-Truth: The Dark Side of the Brain
A growing number of politicians are talking nonsense with impunity. False information is proliferating. What’s worse, the human brain loves it
Neuroscience
In Baby Mode
The birth of a first child alters parents’ lives suddenly and forever: sleepless nights, afternoons in pajamas and hardly a moment’s respite. Parents are able to make this transition because of changes that take place in the brain...
Departments
- From the Editor
From What to Whom?
- Advances
Why It's So Hard to Keep a Secret
Brain Activity during Sleep Can Predict When Someone Is Dreaming
- News
Smell Test May Sniff Out Oncoming Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
Marijuana May Boost, Rather Than Dull, the Elderly Brain
Scientists Surprised to Find No Two Neurons Are Genetically Alike
- Opinion
Cracking the Popularity Code
Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?
Can Stimulating a Nerve in the Ear Make You a Whiz in Mandarin Class?
Why You Shouldn't Tell People about Your Dreams
