Psychiatry

People who don't care—or don't need to care—what others think of them show how crucial reputation is to civilization. Understanding it could reduce crime, improve ethical behavior and rein in Wall Street excesses

Researchers test a famous ethical dilemma called the "trolley problem" in a very real setting. Christie Nicholson reports

Experience may contribute to mental illness in a surprising way: by causing "epigenetic" changes—ones that turn genes on or off without altering the genes themselves

What intelligence tests might be overlooking when it comes to autism

Research finds that dreams may help consolidate and soothe troubled memories and experiences. Christie Nicholson reports

Eric J. Nestler, director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, talks about his article in the December issue of Scientific American magazine on epigenetics and human behavior, called "Hidden Switches in the Mind"

Failure of a promising compound casts a shadow on others.

Research finds that scantily-clad women and men are judged in similar ways. Christie Nicholson reports

Dispute grows over revisions to diagnostic handbook.

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

The devastating brain disease slowly destroys memory and identity. Gain a better understanding through a detailed tour presented by our partners, TheVisualMD

Halloween reminds us that we love to be scared. But too much of anything is not good. Christie Nicholson reports