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- April 1, 2005Mind
Chronic Collectors
- Jonathan Beard
- April 2005
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0405-8a
- July 1, 2015Mind
Can We Spot Soldiers at Risk for PTSD?
- Telltale differences in the brain and immune system before deployment may predict which soldiers are most likely to succumb later on
- Moises Velasquez-Manoff
- Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 4
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0715-56
- Originally published as "Before the Trauma" in Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 4
- July 17, 2007The Sciences
Forget It: Old Theory on Amnesia May Be Wrong
- New study counteracts neurobiological dogma, which says inhibiting new protein formation in the brain causes memory loss
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- July 11, 2008Mind
Who's afraid? Not these brain cells
- Rutgers University researchers have found brain cells responsible for helping people overcome fear of things they once found scary. The finding, published in Nature , could pave the way for these so-called intercalated cells in the amygdala, a brain region that processes fear, to become drug targets for treating phobias (such as fear of heights and closed spaces) as well as post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers and others...
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- January 22, 2011Mind
Meditation Correlated with Structural Changes in the Brain
- A study published this week finds that an eight-week meditation course leads to structural changes in the brain. Christie Nicholson reports
- September 1, 2017
In Baby Mode
- The birth of a first child alters parents’ lives suddenly and forever: sleepless nights, afternoons in pajamas and hardly a moment’s respite. Parents are able to make this transition because of changes that take place in the brain...
- Anna von Hopffgarten
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0917-49
- November 28, 2011Mind
Dreams Help Soothe Your Bad Memories
- Research finds that dreams may help consolidate and soothe troubled memories and experiences. Christie Nicholson reports
- December 13, 2007Mind
The Slow Down of Time in Crisis
- Recent research from the Baylor College of Medicine tackles the fascinating experience we have of time slowing down during a terrifying event, like a car accident. Does our brain track time differently during crisis?...
- March 1, 2016Mind
Brain Differences in Boys and Girls: How Much Is Inborn?
- The preference for playing hockey, or house, is far from fixed. Sex differences in the brain are small—until experiences and expectations magnify them
- Lise Eliot
- Special Editions Volume 25, Issue 1s
- 10.1038/scientificamericansex0316-64
- Originally published as "The Truth about Boys and Girls" in Special Editions Volume 25, Issue 1s
- December 1, 2005
Can We Cure Fear?
- We naturally view any risk we witness as a personal threat--even when it is on the opposite side of the globe and we see it only on TV. Is popping a pill the answer?
- Marc Siegel
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1205-44
- November 9, 2010Mind
Editor’s Selections: Mental Illness, Scaring Babies, Sports Concussions, and Finding Meaning
- Here are my Research Blogging Editor’s Selections for this week. To start things off, be sure to check out the “What is Mental Illness?
- Jason G. Goldman
- July 15, 2008
To Trust or Not to Trust: Ask Oxytocin
- When someone betrays us, how does the brain deal with it? A hormone associated with social attachment gives us clues.
- Mauricio Delgado
- June 1, 1994Mind
Emotion, Memory and the Brain
- The neural routes underlying the formation of memories about primitive emotional experiences, such as fear, have been traced
- Joseph E. LeDoux
- June 1994
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0694-50
- July 1, 2017Neuroscience
How One Memory Attaches to Another
- A technical revolution provides insight into how the brain links memories, a process critical for understanding and organizing the world around us
- Alcino J. Silva
- Scientific American Volume 317, Issue 1
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0717-30
- Originally published as "Memory's Intricate Web" in Scientific American Volume 317, Issue 1
- April 1, 2010
Faulty Circuits
- Neuroscience is revealing the malfunctioning connections underlying psychological disorders and forcing psychiatrists to rethink the causes of mental illness
- Thomas R. Insel
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0410-44
- June 1, 1987
The Anatomy of Memory
- An inquiry into the roots of human amnesia has shown how deep structures in the brain may interact with perceptual pathways in outer brain layers to transform sensory stimuli into memories...
- Mortimer Mishkin and Tim Appenzeller
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0687-80
- June 21, 2018Biology
Scientists Pinpoint Brain Region That May Be Center of Alcohol Addiction
- Researchers map out a cellular mechanism that offers a biological explanation for alcoholism, and could lead to treatments
- Bret Stetka
- October 1, 2012The Sciences
The Truth about Boys and Girls
- The preference for playing hockey, or house, in the brain are small—unless grown-up house, is far from fixed. Sex differences up assumptions magnify them
- Lise Eliot
- His Brain, Her Brain
- 10.1038/scientificamericanbrain0512-12
- May 1, 2010The Sciences
The Truth about Boys and Girls
- The preference for playing hockey, or house, is far from fixed. Sex differences in the brain are small—unless grown-up assumptions magnify them
- Lise Eliot
- May / June 2010
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0510-22