October/November 2007
Scientific American Mind

Cover; October/November 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; October/November 2007; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Brain Changes

Table of Contents; October/November 2007; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters; October/November 2007; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Head Lines; October/November 2007; by R. Douglas Fields, Nicole Branan, Melinda Wenner, Nikhil Swaminathan, Kat Leitzell, Amelia Thomas, Robert Epstein, Graciela Flores, Melissa Mahony; 6 Page(s)

The Spaces Between; Pay It Forward; All in the Family; Gene Therapy for Parkinson's; Mind under Matter; Forgetting to Remember; Shocked into Consciousness; Anxiety and Alzheimer's; Smooth Thinking about Sexuality; Mom Was Right; Finding the Connection

From Russia, with Love; October/November 2007; by Robert Epstein; 2 Page(s)

How I got fooled (and somewhat humiliated) by a computer

Illusions: Ambiguities and Perception; October/November 2007; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 3 Page(s)

A study in ambiguity

Calendar; October/November 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Exhibitions, conferences, movies and more

Solving the IQ Puzzle; October/November 2007; by James R. Flynn; 8 Page(s)

The 20th century saw the "Flynn effect"--massive gains in IQ from one generation to another. Now Flynn explains why

Eric Kandel: From Mind to Brain and Back Again; October/November 2007; by David Dobbs; 6 Page(s)

Awarded the Nobel Prize for research done 40 years ago that revealed memory's most basic mechanisms, this psychiatrist-turned-neuroscientist is still working his discipline's cutting edge

Searching for God in the Brain; October/November 2007; by David Biello; 8 Page(s)

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and others of faith

Brain Stains; October/November 2007; by Kelly Lambert and Scott O. Lilienfeld; 8 Page(s)

Traumatic therapies, especially when they induce recovered memories, can have long-lasting effects on mental health

Skewed Vision; October/November 2007; by Susana Martinez-Conde; 4 Page(s)

Seeing things clearly, new evidence suggests, may be even harder than we thought. Our neurons are not neutral observers

Brain Food; October/November 2007; by Ingrid Kiefer; 6 Page(s)

Food fuels the mind as well as the body. Paying attention to what--and when--we eat can maximize our mental prowess

Feeding the Psyche; October/November 2007; by Michael Macht; 6 Page(s)

Why do we crave chips or chocolate when we are upset or anxious? Scientists are explaining the myriad connections between food and mood

Fantasy Therapy; October/November 2007; by Nikolas Westerhoff; 6 Page(s)

Steeping patients in computer-created virtual worlds can help heal a multitude of psychiatric ills, including phobias, eating disorders and implacable pain

Tracking a Finer Madness; October/November 2007; by Peter Brugger; 4 Page(s)

Many believers in psychic phenomena are also inventive--a fact that may help bridge the gap between creative genius and clinical insanity

The Best Medicine?; October/November 2007; by Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld; 4 Page(s)

Drugs or talk therapy--which is the best medicine for the treatment of depression?

Mind Reviews; October/November 2007; by Kenneth Silber, Meredith Knight and Amelia Thomas, Nicole Branan, Corey Binns, Melinda Wenner; 2 Page(s)

Brainy books on language and evolution, a documentary about mania, and a radio show you won't want to miss

Ask the Brains; October/November 2007; by Gregory Hickok and Carol Padden, Mark A. W. Andrews; 1 Page(s)

Do deaf people talk to themselves? Do we have a dominant eye?

Head Games; October/November 2007; by American Mensa; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzler