Hearing Our Heartbeats
Scientists have recently found that there are two brain pathways involved how we perceive our own thumping hearts. Christie Nicholson reports
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Dangerous Liaisons: How to Deal with a Drama Queen
The damaging theatrics of drama queens may spring from defects etched in the brain. Yet you can limit the havoc they wreak on your life
The New Science of Temptation
What happens when Harvard scientists use a brain scanner to look for the devil inside?
How the Brain Reveals Why We Buy
Advances in neuroscience are changing the way some companies position their products, giving birth to the new field of neuromarketing
Does Vitamin D Improve Brain Function?
New studies show low vitamin D levels may impair cognitive function
Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss
We assume intelligence and rationality go together. But we shouldn't be surprised when smart people do foolish things.
Does Morning Sickness Mean Smart Kids?
Hormone levels link vomiting and intelligence
What Does a Smart Brain Look Like?: Inner Views Show How We Think
A new neuroscience of intelligence is revealing that not all brains work in the same way
Smart Set: Exploring Intelligence in the Brain
Acting Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina introduces the November/December issue of Scientific American MIND
Neuroscience: Shooting pain
Sean Mackey inflicts pain on people in the hope of learning how to relieve it. Erik Vance gets on the receiving end.
Sudden moves spark brain battle
Neurons compete in a royal rumble for the brain's attention.
Why Don't Babies Talk Like Adults?
Kids go from goo-goo to garrulous one step at a time
Light All Night Not Alright
In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, researchers found that mice that were exposed to light all night long showed signs of depression. Karen Hopkin reports...
Total recall achieved
Activating a small fraction of neurons triggers complete memory.
Web Boosts Grandpa's Brain
In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, researchers reported that older adults exposed to Web surfing for the first time showed increased brain activity in regions associated with language and working memory...
Brain's Speech Center Finally Talks
In a study in the journal Science, researchers analyzed the inner workings of Broca's area, long known as the brain's speech center, in pre-op brain surgery patients. Cynthia Graber reports...
Sating the Ravenous Brain: Researchers Quell Hunger Neurons in Fruit Flies
Researchers pinpoint an area in the drosophila brain that can trick hungry insects into believing they are full, offering hope for new weight-loss remedies in humans
Rare Procedure Pinpoints the Location, Speed and Sequence of the Brain's Language Processes
Implanted electrodes in brains of presurgery patients show in real-time how Broca's area organizes language from perception to sound in milliseconds
Bird Moves: Dancing with the Starlings
Birds' rhythmic abilities offer clues to the origins of dance
Should advanced dementia be considered a terminal illness?
Advanced dementia has often been treated as an amalgamation of symptoms in the aging, rather than a deadly illness in itself. A new study, published online today in The New England Journal of Medicine , proposes that it may be beneficial—for patients and caretakers alike—to take the latter approach...
