Mind & Brain
Rise of the Microglia
New research shows that the resident immune cells of the brain are involved in both development and disease
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Animal Study Points to Drug Duo That Might Aid Injured Brains to Bounce Back
Can two everyday drugs prevent irreversible harm from traumatic brain injury?
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A Brain Surgery Revolution: Using Sound Instead of Scalpels
Doctors can now operate deep within the brain using focused ultrasound, ushering in a new era of faster, safer incision-free procedures
The Sciences
Can Female Mice Improve Autism Research?
Researchers angling for government funds must now include both sexes in their animal studies—or explain why they don’t
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Babies Move Tongue to Learn New Tongues
Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports...
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What If My Life Had Taken a Different Turn?
Scientific American MIND readers share their own “counterfactual” musings
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"Brainprints" Pick Out an Individual from the Crowd
Researchers identify people by the way their brains are wired
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Supercomputer Simulates Rat Brain Fragment
The Blue Brain Project publishes its first major result: a digital imitation of circuitry in a sand grain–size chunk of rat brain
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Men Are Attracted to Nonconformist Women
The popular idea that women should try to conform or be submissive around men is outdated
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Exploring the Mysteries of the Brain
David Eagleman answers questions about his major PBS series
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There Is a Fine Line between Love and Drunk
Oxytocin, known as the “love hormone,” has a dark side—and it looks like alcohol intoxication
Neuroscience
Locating the Brain's Funny Bone
“Getting” a joke and cracking up have separate addresses
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A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain Is Wired
With innovative tools, connectome scientists are tracing the superhighways and footpaths of the brain
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MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Probes the Pruning Brain
Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases ...
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Morals, Not Memories, Define Who We Are
A new study has implications for patients with Alzheimer’s and other disorders
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How Your Brain Is Wired Reveals the Real You
The Human Connectome Project finds surprising correlations between brain architecture and behavior
The Sciences
How a Cat Parasite Controls Other Animals' Brains
Toxoplasma gondii, an insidious and common parasite spread by cats, controls its rodent host's brain—and may be manipulating our own behavior as well
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Understanding Parkinson's Disease: An Interview with Jon Palfreman
Award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman, author of Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, discusses the science behind this mysterious disease
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A Short History of the Rise, Fall and Rise of Subliminal Messaging
People have believed in subliminal influences for hundreds of years—but the last few decades have taken a far more scientific look at these ideas
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Is Sensory Processing Disorder for Real?
A debate rages over whether doctors should recognize this common childhood condition as a distinct disorder
