- July 1, 2009Mind & Brain
Are certain genders or body types better at the art of persuasion?
- Social psychologist Rosanna E. Guadagno of the University of Alabama replies
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- November 8, 2018Neuroscience
Deep-Brain Recordings May Show Where Unhappiness Lives
- New recordings of electrical activity in the brain help reveal the underpinnings of bad moods
- Angus Chen
- December 1, 2008Mind & Brain
Ask the Brains: What Is Sleep Paralysis?
- Also: Why we sometimes wake up with explosions going off in our heads
- Randolph W. Evans and Christopher French
- December 2008/January 2009
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind1208-86
- Originally published as "Ask the Brains" in December 2008/January 2009
- September 15, 2010Technology
Cyber Sensitive: Therapeutic Buddy Bots Get Emotional
- Robotic companions that are capable of expressing some emotion might be better as pals for autistic children as well as mentors and health advisors for young diabetic patients
- Michael Tennesen
- May 1, 2010Neuroscience
What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain?
- Paul Reber, professor of psychology at Northwestern University, replies
- Paul Reber
- May / June 2010
- 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0510-70
- Originally published as "Ask the Brains" in May / June 2010
- December 3, 1853The Sciences
Stealing Remarks—The Tribune
- Scientific American Volume 9, Issue 12
- 10.1038/scientificamerican12031853-93b
- Originally published as "Stealing Remarks--The Tribune" in Scientific American Volume 9, Issue 12
- January 1, 2018Book
Unlocking Happiness
- Take control and retrain your brain to achieve a happier, healthier state of mind. In this eBook, we examine aspects of daily life that affect mood such as perception, social support and time management and offer approaches shown to boost contentment, including reframing negative events, increasing resilience through self-compassion and practicing mindfulness...
- April 6, 1878The Sciences
Disrespect of Inventors' Rights
- Scientific American Volume 38, Issue 14
- 10.1038/scientificamerican04061878-208a
- December 20, 2014Mind & Brain
How Virtual Time Travel Affects Our Feelings about the Past and Future
- "Too late" might be the two most tragic words in English, but what if you could rewind the clock? What if the past was not immutable? Would we regret past bad decisions more or less?
- Susana Martinez-Conde
- February 27, 2016Mind & Brain
Meta-post: Horgan Posts on Brain and Mind Science
- Cross-Check columns on the brain, mind, free will and other mysteries
- John Horgan
- August 16, 2018Neuroscience
The Bat Man: Neuroscience on the Fly
- How does the brain know where it is? Nachum Ulanovsky hopes his flying friends can help him find the answer
- Alison Abbott and Nature magazine
- October 2, 2015Mind & Brain
A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain Is Wired
- With innovative tools, connectome scientists are tracing the superhighways and footpaths of the brain
- Amber Dance and Nature magazine
- May 16, 2013Math
Shocks to the Brain Improve Mathematical Abilities
- Electrical brain stimulation benefitted subjects for months, but critics point to the study's small size
- Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine
- March 21, 2018Cognition
The Power of Flexible Thinking
- The cognitive style you need in times of change, explained by best-selling author Leonard Mlodinow
- Gareth Cook
- September 1, 2007Technology
What's the Big Idea?
- When the lightbulb above your head is truly incendiary
- Steve Mirsky
- September 2007
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0907-48
- June 1, 2005Mind & Brain
Math without Words
- Numerical reasoning seems independent of language
- Philip E. Ross
- June 2005
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0605-28
- April 1, 2006Mind & Brain
Taking Sides
- Is being right-handed all for the greater good?
- Sandra Upson
- April 2006
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0406-24
- January 25, 2011Evolution
Sussing Out Simians: Humans Can Accurately Size Up a Chimp's Personality after Viewing Its Face
- A new study suggests that humans and their nearest evolutionary cousins not only transmit personality traits via their facial characteristics, but that people can pick up on these cues from both species...
- Charles Q. Choi
- April 1, 2018Behavior
The Number of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Is Rising
- The rise of the atheists
- Michael Shermer
- Scientific American Volume 318, Issue 4
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0418-77
- Originally published as "Silent No More" in Scientific American Volume 318, Issue 4
- May 1, 2005Mind & Brain
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
- May 2005
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0505-40