Mental Health
Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works?
The ubiquitous technique for relieving stress and pain has remarkably little scientific evidence backing it, a group of scientists contend
Features
Cognition
There Is No One Way to Live a Good Life
Humanistic psychology is an uplifting, compassionate view of humanity
Policy
Neurologists' Role in Nazi "Racial Hygiene" Only Now Comes to Light
The killing and exile of “non-Aryan” members of the profession and collaboration of neurologists in eugenic and euthanasia efforts escaped scrutiny immediately after the war
Behavior
Why Do Smart People Do Foolish Things?
Intelligence is not the same as critical thinking—and the difference matters
Behavior
An Inner Look into the Minds and Brains of People with OCD
Complex computer modeling demonstrates that obsessive-compulsive disorder patients learn about their environments but don’t use that information to guide their actions
Departments
- From the Editor
Mindfulness: Does It Work?
- News
Concussion Recovery Is Slower in Girls, Mounting Evidence Suggests
Link between Adolescent Pot Smoking and Psychosis Strengthens
The U.S. Is Retreating from Religion
The Neuroscience of Paid Parental Leave
- Opinion
Once Again, No Female Nobel Winners in Science
Bizarre Brain-Implant Experiment Sought to "Cure" Homosexuality
Sexual Victimization by Women Is More Common Than Previously Known
