- September 4, 2014Mind
Could Deep Brain Stimulation Fortify Soldiers' Minds?
- As many as 20 percent of war veterans return from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, according to a 2008 report from the RAND Corporation...
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- July 31, 2015Mind
How the Brain Purges Bad Memories
- A brain circuit has been found that allows us to forget fear and anxiety
- Bret Stetka
- March 24, 2015Mind
How Quickly Can (and Should) You Judge a Face?
- The internet is filled with claims about how we form initial assessments of other people within the first ten minutes - or even the first ten seconds - of meeting them.
- Amanda Baker
- October 23, 2007Mind
Can a Lack of Sleep Cause Psychiatric Disorders?
- Study shows that sleep deprivation leads to a rewiring of the brain's emotional circuitry
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- March 1, 2012
Claims & Caveats
- June 12, 2012Mind
Using cannabinoids to overcome fear in the brain
- We all know exactly what fear feels like. Without our consent, our hearts begin to beat a little faster. The hairs on the back of our neck prickle. Our palms sweat through clenched fingers...
- Christie Wilcox
- October 27, 2008Mind
Factoring Fear: What Scares Us and Why
- Scientists scan the brain in an attempt to explain the hows and whys of being afraid--very afraid
- Lou Dzierzak
- December 14, 2010Mind
Scientists Gain Insights into How to Erase Pathological Fear
- Scientists close in on the process that records -- and erases -- memories of terror
- Jason Castro
- July 1, 2016
What Is Loss Aversion?
- Russell A. Poldrack, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, replies
- July 1, 2013
Gender and the Emotional Brain
- December 6, 2004
Brain Asymmetries in Chimps Resemble Those of Humans
- Sarah Graham
- May 1, 2005
His Brain, Her Brain
- It turns out that male and female brains differ quite a bit in architecture and activity. Research into these variations could lead to sex-specific treatments for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia...
- Larry Cahill
- June 1, 2005Mind
New View on Autism
- Jonathan Beard
- June 2005
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0605-8a
- June 6, 2003
Direction of Another's Gaze Affects How Brain Perceives Emotion
- Sarah Graham
- November 25, 2009Mind
Amygdala's Acidic Aspiration Answer
- A study in the journal Cell shows that the buildup of carbon dioxide when we stop breathing causes a pH change that signals proteins in the brain to force us to inhale. Karen Hopkin reports...
- July 20, 2010Mind
Snakes in the MRI Machine: A Study of Courage
- What courage looks like in the brain--in real time
- Daniela Schiller
- July 2, 2019
Decoding the Language of Neurons
- A new study reveals surprising variations in the neural code
- Ryan P. Dalton
- February 10, 2010Mind
Catching the Brain at Work
- Scientists found a way to detect the order of activity in two regions of the brain using fMRI. And they found that the brain can register something as highly emotional before it actually processes what that something is...
- November 1, 2015Neuroscience
How the Brain Purges Bad Memories
- A brain circuit has been isolated that allows us to forget fear, suggesting a treatment target for anxiety disorders
- Bret Stetka
- Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 6
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-11
- May 29, 2007Biology
How Does Catnip Work Its Magic on Cats?
