
Architect with ALS Designs a Residence He Can Control with Just Blinks
The landscape architect helped create a facility where blinks are converted into radio frequency signals

Architect with ALS Designs a Residence He Can Control with Just Blinks
The landscape architect helped create a facility where blinks are converted into radio frequency signals

Banking against Alzheimer’s
Research has provided a host of clues to age-proofing our brains and making them more resistant to dementia


Do Popular Heartburn Meds Really Cause Dementia?
A recent study of proton pump inhibitors suggests—but does not prove—a link

From the Editor: Of Sound Mind and Body
Inside the July/August 2016 issue of Scientific American Mind

The Brains of Flint’s Children, Imperiled by Lead, Could Still Escape Damage
Research suggests that exposure to lead-tainted water in Flint, Mich., need not cause lasting harm

MIND in Pictures: The Zika Virus
Discover how this rapidly spreading scourge affects the brain

Drowsy Driving Kills 6,400 Americans Annually
Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talked about the dangers of drowsy driving at a recent Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Forum called Asleep at the Wheel.

Obscure Disease May Offer Backdoor to New Treatments for Alzheimer's and Other Killers
Progressive supranuclear palsy has become a test bed for therapies aimed at the tau protein thought to be behind many devastating neurodegenerative disorders

Brain Tissue Study Deepens Autism–Schizophrenia Link
Gene expression patterns point to new autism candidate genes that could also play roles in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Neuroscientists Discover a New Way to Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier
The harmless virus could deliver medicine throughout the brain

Antimicrobial Mechanism Gone Rogue May Play Role in Alzheimer's Disease
A new study finds that a key protein implicated in Alzheimer’s may normally protect the brain from infection

Repeated Sub-Concussion Head Impacts May Affect Eye Function
Researchers studied 29 Division I football players who volunteered to wear special mouthguards