January / February 2013
Scientific American Mind

Cover; January / February 2013; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor: Cultivating Optimism; January / February 2013; by Sandra Upson; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; January / February 2013; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters; January / February 2013; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Head Lines; January / February 2013; by Tori Rodriguez, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Morgen Peck, Ian Chant, Daisy Yuhas, Carrie Arnold, Stephani Sutherland, R. Douglas Fields; 9 Page(s)

Focus on Yourself to Alleviate Social Pain, Brains of "Super Agers" Look Decades Younger, Death of a Salesman Stereotype, Red Alert, How Co-Sleeping with an Infant Might Make You a Better Dad, Can Eye Movements Treat Trauma?, Ameliorate Anger and Anxiety, Troubled Family Life Changes Kids' Brains, Keep the Teddy Bear, Healing the Brain with Snail Venom, Inheriting Stress, Bright Screens Could Delay Bedtime, "I Don't" Beats "I Can't" for Self-Control, Stimulating the Brain with Microscopic Magnets

Illusions: Your Twisted Little Mind; January / February 2013; by STEPHEN L. MACKNIK and SUSANA MARTINEZ-CONDE; 3 Page(s)

Illusions that distort your perception

Perspectives: Yet Another Stage of Life?; January / February 2013; by Robert Epstein; 2 Page(s)

With millions of young adults failing to launch, the claim that “emerging adulthood” is a new stage of life is gaining traction. This idea could do more harm than good

Consciousness Redux: Cracking the Retinal Code; January / February 2013; by Christof Koch; 2 Page(s)

Silicon “eyes” to help people with deteriorating vision are around the corner

The Essence of Optimism; January / February 2013; by Elaine Fox; 6 Page(s)

We can tune our mind to notice the bright side of ambiguous events, bolstering our resilience to stress and anxiety

Brain-Changing Games; January / February 2013; by Lydia Denworth; 8 Page(s)

Playing violent video games can sharpen our focus, reasoning and decision-making skills. But do we really need the weapons?

Wisdom From Psychopaths; January / February 2013; by Kevin Dutton; 8 Page(s)

A scientist enters a high-security psychiatric hospital to extract tips and advice from a crowd without a conscience

Your Brain on Trial; January / February 2013; by Scott O. Lilienfeld and Robert Byron; 10 Page(s)

Lessons from psychology could greatly improve courtroom decision making, reducing racial bias, eyewitness errors and false confessions

The Mystery of the Missed Connection; January / February 2013; by Claudia Christine Wolf; 4 Page(s)

A common but little understood malformation reveals the brain's incredible plasticity

Mirages and Mind Benders the 10 Best Illusions of the Year; January / February 2013; by Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik; 6 Page(s)

Facts & Fictions in Mental Health: All about Me; January / February 2013; by SCOTT O. LILIENFELD AND HAL ARKOWITZ; 2 Page(s)

The sharp sword of narcissism can cut both ways

We're Only Human: Finding Self-Discipline in Others; January / February 2013; by Wray Herbert; 2 Page(s)

People who lack restraint seek out colleagues and friends who are not impulsive

Reviews and Recommendations; January / February 2013; by Samantha Murphy, Nina Bai, Victoria Stern, Daisy Yuhas,; 2 Page(s)

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers, Enriched Living, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Ask the Brains; January / February 2013; by Barry Gordon, Christopher French; 1 Page(s)

I developed what appears to be a photographic memory when I was 16 years old. Does this kind of memory truly exist, and, if so, how did I develop it?; Why did sleep evolve?

Head Games; January / February 2013; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzlers

Mind in Pictures: Stolen Memory; January / February 2013; by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham; 1 Page(s)