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Faster-Acting Experimental Antidepressants Show Promise

Investigators seek new antidepressants that will act faster or give fresh options to people not helped enough by existing agents

Hunger Affects What We See

When our body needs something, like food, the brain tends to open a fast track for perceiving that specific thing. Christie Nicholson reports

Your Sexual Brain

The Evolution of Sex, Sexual Circuitry, Relationships & Sex Crimes

Structured Unlearning: Marijuana May Impair Memory via the Brain's Non-Firing Cells

A new study suggests that pot makes users forgetful by binding not to neurons but to the brain's supporting glial cells called astrocytes

Teen Brain Takes Biggest Sports Hits

The teen brain suffers more long-term damage from concussions than does the child or adult brain. Katherine Harmon reports

Making Sense of the World, Several Senses at a Time

Sensory cross talk helps us navigate the world

What Doctors Don't Understand about Anesthesia

Researchers suggest a theory of "neural inertia" to explain a puzzle about how patients emerge from unconsciousness

Subtle Multisensory Clues Reveal Other People's Emotions

Good social skills depend on picking up on other people's moods--a feat the brain performs by combining numerous sensory clues

Dehydration Affects Women's Moods

Two recent studies find that dehydration not only affects your body but your mood as well. Christie Nicholson reports

MIND in Pictures: The Cranial Network

Social Cues in the Brain

Reading the emotions of others is essential for even the most basic social skills. Here’s how our brain combines information from multiple senses to decipher another person's mood...

Recommended: The Age of Insight

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Scary Stuff: Fright Chemical Identified in Injured Fish

A molecule related to chondroitin supplements alerts fish of nearby danger

Does Overeating Cause Memory Impairment as We Age?

Researchers are in the early stages of linking caloric intake to mild cognitive impairment, the stage between normal age-related memory loss and early Alzheimer's disease

The Neglect of Mental Illness Exacts a Huge Toll, Human and Economic

By letting mental afflictions go untreated, we consign millions of Americans to misery and put a drag on our economy

$1.3B 'Brain in a Box' Project Faces Skepticism

Swiss Academy of Sciences members are uneasy about a project to simulate the entire brain and explore how neural circuits give rise to behavior and cognition

Autism Signs Appear in Brains of 6-Month-Old Infants

The findings suggest that there is a potential to disrupt autism during a child's first year before the disorder becomes entrenched

Mimicking Ear Makes Mobile Calls Clear

The earSmart source separation system makes many mobile phone calls easier to understand in noisy situations. Larry Greenemeier reports

Microchip Implant Gives Medication On Command

A tiny chip implanted under the skin can dole out dozens of doses of osteoporosis medication right on schedule

Mental Overload