Cognition
There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought
Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions. They arise from processes of which we are forever unaware
Features
Cognition
The Brain's Autopilot Mechanism Steers Consciousness
Freud’s notion of a dark, libidinous unconscious is obsolete. A new theory holds that the brain produces a continuous stream of unconscious predictions
Cognition
The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man!
A new theory of consciousness
Behavior
Harsh Nazi Parenting Guidelines May Still Affect German Children of Today
The Nazi regime urged German mothers to ignore their toddlers’ emotional needs—the better to raise hardened soldiers and followers. Attachment researchers say that the harmful effects of that teaching may be affecting later generations...
Cognition
The Neuroscience of Creativity: A Q&A with Anna Abraham
The latest state of the field of the neuroscience of creativity
Departments
Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?
- From the Editor
The Illusion of Mind
- Advances
Bad First Impressions Are Not Set in Stone
- News
How Dad's Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring
Deep-Brain Recordings May Show Where Unhappiness Lives
Alzheimer's Attack on the Brain May Vary with Race
- Opinion
Don't Make Me One with Everything
Can Intelligence Buy You Happiness?
In the Nature–Nurture War, Nature Wins
