May / June 2012
Scientific American Mind

Cover; May / June 2012; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Feeling Free; May / June 2012; by ÿSandraÿ Upson; 1 Page(s)

Feeling Free

Table of Contents; May / June 2012; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Readers Respond to "The Google Effect" -- and More; May / June 2012; by The Editors; 2 Page(s)

Letters to the Editor about the January/February 2012 issue of Scientific American Mind

Head Lines; May / June 2012; by Tori Rodriguez, Janelle Weaver, Winnie Yu, Matthew Huston, Stephani Sutherland, Morgen E. Peck, Michele Solis, Rachel Kaufman, Harvey Black, Ferris Jabr, Daisy Yuhas, Andrea Anderson, Erica Westly; 9 Page(s)

Mental Cleansing; Genetic Gestures; Seniors, Think Fast; Time Well Spent?; Brain Trick Relieves Pain; Think Before You Blink; Personality Circuits; Sleepy Brains Think Freely; Focused to a Fault; A Mean Drunk; Will You Rat Me Out?; Inner Ear; The Fallacy of Fretting; Learning to Listen; Emotions in Lockstep; Free Your Mind; Helping Neurons Heal

The Aviator's Dilemma; May / June 2012; by Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknick, Eliis C. Gayles; 3 Page(s)

Military aviators learn to second-guess their senses

This Is Your Brain on Drugs; May / June 2012; by Christof Koch; 2 Page(s)

To the great surprise of many, psilocybin, a potent psychedelic, reduces brain activity

The Perils of Paying for Status; May / June 2012; by Daisy Grewal; 2 Page(s)

Knowing when to pass on that luxury limo or overpriced pen

Finding Free Will; May / June 2012; by Christof Koch; 6 Page(s)

Physics and neurobiology can help us understand whether we choose our own destiny

Redefining Mental Illness; May / June 2012; by Ferris Jabr; 8 Page(s)

Psychiatry's diagnostic guidebook gets its first major update in 30 years. The changes may surprise you

Inside the Wrong Body; May / June 2012; by Carrie Arnold; 6 Page(s)

A little-known sense that monitors how we feel inside can go awry, potentially distorting our body image

Sleep's Secret Repairs; May / June 2012; by Jason Castro; 4 Page(s)

Slumber may loosen the links that undergird knowledge, restoring the brain daily to a vibrant, flexible state

The Subtle Power of Hidden Messages; May / June 2012; by Wolfgang Stroebe; 6 Page(s)

Can subliminal advertisements influence our behavior? New research says yes­—but only under certain circumstances

Are We Born to Be Religious?; May / June 2012; by Vassilis Saroglou; 6 Page(s)

Genes and personality influence our attitudes toward religion

Healthy Skepticism; May / June 2012; by Sandra Upson; 6 Page(s)

Who is better off: the religious or atheists? Cultural values determine the answer

When Coping Fails; May / June 2012; by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Hal Arkowitz; 2 Page(s)

Revisiting the role of trauma in post-traumatic stress disorder

Memories of Tomorrow; May / June 2012; by Wray Herbert; 2 Page(s)

Why we tend to predict rosy times ahead

Reviews and Recommendations; May / June 2012; by Robert Epstein, Lena Groeger, Moheb Costandi, Brian Mossop; 2 Page(s)

Books and more relating to the mind and brain

Head Games; May / June 2012; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Mind in Pictures; May / June 2012; by Dwayne Godwin, Jorge Cham; 1 Page(s)

Herd Thinking

Ask the Brains; May / June 2012; by Chris McManus; Jeannine Stamatakis; 1 Page(s)

Is it true that left-handed people are smarter than right-handed people?; How do painkillers buffer against rejection?