June/July 2006
Scientific American Mind

Cover; June/July 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; June/July 2006; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Feel the Burn

Table of Contents; June/July 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters; June/July 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Head Lines; June/July 2006; by Matthew Hutson, JR Minkel, Jamie Talan, Jonathan Beard, Kaspar Mossman, Mark Fischetti; 6 Page(s)

Two Languages, Two Minds; Trace of Alzheimer's; Quick, How Many?; Meetings Are Great; See It, Grab It; SpongeBob vs. Batman; Preschool Determinists; Neuro Nurses Unite; The Jilted Brain; Eye of the Beholder; Better Than Individuals

Age at Work; June/July 2006; by Michael Falkenstein and Sascha Sommer; 2 Page(s)

Older workers are not necessarily slower than younger workers, and often they make fewer errors

Illusions: Cracking the Da Vinci Code; June/July 2006; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 3 Page(s)

What do the Mona Lisa and President Abraham Lincoln have in common?

Calendar; June/July 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Exhibitions, conferences, movies and more

Beyond the Neuron Doctrine; June/July 2006; by R. Douglas Fields; 8 Page(s)

New experiments are settling a century-long debate between two camps over how neurons communicate. The surprise: both sides are right

Burned Out; June/July 2006; by Ulrich Kraft; 6 Page(s)

Your job is extremely fulfilling. It is also extremely demanding--and you feel overwhelmed. You are not alone

Crossing the Barrier; June/July 2006; by Grit Vollmer; 6 Page(s)

To treat neurological illnesses, researchers are learning how to smuggle drugs past the shield that guards the brain against infection

Seeing in Black and White; June/July 2006; by Alan Gilchrist; 8 Page(s)

Why it's not so cut-and-dried

Inside the Mind of a Savant; June/July 2006; by Darold A. Treffert and Daniel D. Christensen; 6 Page(s)

Kim Peek--the inspiration for Rain Main--possesses one of the most extraordinary memories ever recorded. Until we can explain his abilities, we cannot pretend to understand human cognition

Bitter Could Be Better; June/July 2006; by Stefanie Reinberger; 6 Page(s)

New additives might fool the brain into thinking that bitter foods and medicines do not really taste that bad

Controlling Epilepsy; June/July 2006; by Christian Hoppe; 6 Page(s)

One woman's journey through diagnosis and treatment shows how far we have come in using surgery to defuse seizures

My Date with a Robot; June/July 2006; by Robert Epstein; 6 Page(s)

Japanese researcher Hiroshi Ishiguro has created the world's most attractive android. But is she ready for dating?

Circuit Training; June/July 2006; by Kaspar Mossman; 6 Page(s)

Computer games for mental workouts

Think Better: Outside the Sandbox; June/July 2006; by Simone Welzien; 2 Page(s)

Parents and teachers have many options to encourage children to think creatively

Mind Reads; June/July 2006; by Aimee Cunningham, Jonathan Beard, Richard Lipkin; 2 Page(s)

Reviews of "Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning!" by Marc Prensky, Pleasurable Kingdom by Jonathan Balcombe, No Two Alike by Judith Rich Harris and Help at Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz

Ask the Brains; June/July 2006; by Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore; 1 Page(s)

Why do some expectant fathers experience pregnancy symptoms such as vomiting and nausea? Why can't you tickle yourself?

Head Games; June/July 2006; by Abbie F. Salny; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzler