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April/May 2006
Scientific American Mind
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Cover; April/May 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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From the Editor; April/May 2006; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)
Self-Reflections
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Letters; April/May 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
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Head Lines; April/May 2006; by David Dobbs, Kaspar Mossman, Jonathan Beard, Jamie Talan, JR Minkel, Michael J. Battaglia; 6 Page(s)
Weak Nerves May Cause Depression; See What I Mean?; Memory Watched as It Forms; Misery Index Up; Lying Liars; Integrating Newbies; Discipline Pays; Loneliness Predisposed; Stem Cells Cause Cancer; Learn by Reverse Replay; Bigger Is Brainier?
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Thinking Green; April/May 2006; by Joachim Marschall; 2 Page(s)
Most people claim to be pro-environment, but psychological and practical factors must be addressed before they will actually hop on a bus
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Good Friends; April/May 2006; by Klaus Manhart; 2 Page(s)
Want to live longer? Diet and exercise will get you only so far
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Sexuality and Choice; April/May 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
An exclusive national poll commissioned by Scientific American Mind reveals diverse and conflicting opinions about the nature of sexuality
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Illusions: Touching Illusions; April/May 2006; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 3 Page(s)
Startling deceptions demonstrate how tactile information is processed in the brain
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Calendar; April/May 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
Exhibitions, conferences, movies and more
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A Revealing Reflection; April/May 2006; by David Dobbs; 6 Page(s)
Mirror neurons are providing stunning insights into everything from how we learn to walk to how we empathize with others
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Freud Returns; April/May 2006; by Mark Solms, J. Allan Hobson; 8 Page(s)
Neuroscientists are finding that their biological descriptions of the brain may fit together best when integrated by psychological theories that Freud sketched a century ago. Includes Counterpoint, "Freud Returns? Like a Bad Dream"
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Neurotic about Neurons; April/May 2006; by Steve Ayan; 6 Page(s)
Freud's theories sprang directly from neuroscience, until he began interrogating sexually frustrated women
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Psychotherapy on Trial; April/May 2006; by Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld; 8 Page(s)
Empirically supported therapies seek to bring the power of research-proven techniques to the therapist's office. So why are they controversial?
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Bird Brains? Hardly; April/May 2006; by Christine Scholtyssek; 6 Page(s)
Parrots demonstrate impressive cognitive feats that rival the talents of chimps and dolphins
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Staying Sober; April/May 2006; by Andreas Heinz; 6 Page(s)
Better understanding of how alcohol alters brain chemistry reveals mechanisms for beating dependency
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The New Science of Mind; April/May 2006; by Eric R. Kandel; 8 Page(s)
A forecast of the major problems scientists need to solve
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Hunting for Answers; April/May 2006; by Juergen Andrich and Joerg T. Epplen; 6 Page(s)
A single mutation casts the death sentence of Huntington's disease. Researchers are pinning down how that mutation ruins neurons--knowledge that may suggest therapies
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Electric Thoughts?; April/May 2006; by Yvonne Raley; 6 Page(s)
The latest computer designs draw inspiration from human neural networks. But will machines ever really think?
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Mind Reads; April/May 2006; by Richard Lipkin, Ken Aizawa, Kenneth Silber; 2 Page(s)
Reviews of Us and Them by David Berreby, What's It All About? by Julian Baggini, Basic Instinct by Mark S. Blumberg and The Creating Brain by Nancy C. Andreasen
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Ask the Brains; April/May 2006; by Charles J. Wysocki, J. Christian Gillin; 1 Page(s)
Do people lose their senses of smell and taste as they age? How long can humans stay awake?
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Head Games; April/May 2006; by Abbie F. Salny; 1 Page(s)
Match wits with the Mensa puzzler
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