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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

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...

September 4, 2014
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...; S. Matthew Liao

June 22, 2018Behavior & Society
Why Our Brains See the World as "Us" versus "Them": Is there something in our neural circuits that leads us to find comfort in those like us and unease with those who may differ?; Leslie Henderson and The Conversation US

March 15, 2012Health
Your Teen s Brain: Driving without the Brakes: What was he thinking?The next time your teenager behaves inexplicably, remember: his brain is like a car without brakes. The more primitive parts of the brain are well developed, acting like a powerful accelerator encouraging teens to take risks, act on impulse and seek novel experiences...; David Fassler

October 1, 2012The Sciences
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; His Brain, Her Brain; 10.1038/scientificamericanbrain0512-4

January 1, 2017Cognition
A New Twist on Treating Arachnophobia: Researchers are focusing on a way to disrupt frightening memories of spiders; Abdul-Kareem Ahmed; Scientific American Mind Volume 28, Issue 1; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0117-17; Originally published as "For Arachnophobia, a New Twist on Exposure Therapy" in Scientific American Mind Volume 28, Issue 1

Visual Cortexes: Brain-Art Competition Shows Off Neuroscience's Aesthetic Side
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SEXES VIA HIERARCHICAL EDGE BUNDLING: This winning entry in the human "connectome," or brain connections, category is based on fMRI data gathered from the brains of more than 1,000 people.Major brain regions are depicted in the outer circle, and specific locations (for example, "Amygdala L" is the left amygdala) are listed in the inner circle.In brain locations where women have increased connectivity compared with men, the color shifts toward red...; John McGonigle/The Neuro Bureau

December 15, 2008
What does Barack Obama's brain look like?: Barack Obama still has a month before his inauguration as the 44th U.S. president, but there have already been a number of attempts to get inside his brain.; Karen Schrock

July 18, 2019Behavior & Society
Universal Desire: Men and Women Respond Identically to Erotic Images: The result is not the final word, as findings will likely turn up the heat on questions of divergent sexual arousal; Emily Willingham

March 10, 2016Mind
Getting Past the "Shotgun" Approach to Treating Mental Illness: We treat depression by trying different drugs until we find one that works—a highly imprecise approach to treating the most sophisticated of organs, the brain; Daniel Barron

December 4, 2014Mind
Can Fear Be Erased?: Hormone and gene therapies for anxiety and PTSD could be on the way; Bret Stetka

December 6, 2011
Are Psychopaths "Brain Damaged"?: Pathway from the prefrontal cortex to the amygdala We all have a ghoulish fascination with the Hannibal Lecters of this world. That’s because many of the most-publicized stories about psychopaths can be quickly banged into a Hollywood script...; Gary Stix

August 10, 2012Mind
The Biological Response to Beauty and Ugliness in Art [Excerpt]: Eric Kandel's latest book, The Age of Insight, explores the intersection of neuroscience, psychoanalysis and art; Eric Kandel

May 1, 2019Neuroscience
The Roots of Human Aggression: Experiments in humans and animals have started to identify how violent behaviors begin in the brain; R. Douglas Fields; Scientific American Volume 320, Issue 5; 10.1038/scientificamerican0519-64

February 1, 2006Mind
The Devil You Know: JR Minkel; February 2006; 10.1038/scientificamerican0206-29b

April 12, 2017Neuroscience
Where Does the Brain Store Long-Ago Memories?: An internal filing system sorts events for short- or long-term use; Simon Makin

September 1, 2010Mind
You Must Remember This: What Makes Something Memorable?: What stays with us, and what we forget, depends in part on how well our neurons keep time; Christof Koch; September / October 2010; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0910-16; Originally published as "Consciousness Redux: You Must Remember This" in September / October 2010

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