April 2005
Scientific American Mind

Cover; April 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; April 2005; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editor; April 2005; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Tapping the Muse

Letters; April 2005; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Head Lines; April 2005; by Jamie Talan, Aimee Cunningham, David Dobbs, Jonathan Beard; 4 Page(s)

Alzheimer's Vaccine?; Distance Therapy; Finding Autism Earlier; Language Pathway Revealed; Lone Neuron Cut; Chronic Collectors; Primates Protest: Unfair!; Smart Exercise; Big Pharma on Trial; Zen Gamma

Watching Prodigies for the Dark Side; April 2005; by Marie-No¿lle Ganry-Tardy; 2 Page(s)

Gifted children who are not challenged can quickly grow bored with school, but a hidden fear of failure can lead to far greater problems

Abnormal as Norm; April 2005; by Steve J. Ayan and Iris Tatjana Calliess; 2 Page(s)

Actions deemed odd, psychotic or even barbaric by one culture may be perfectly acceptable to another

Feeling Our Emotions; April 2005; by Manuela Lenzen; 2 Page(s)

According to noted neurologist Antonio R. Damasio, joy or sorrow can emerge only after the brain registers physical changes in the body

Unleashing Creativity; April 2005; by Ulrich Kraft; 8 Page(s)

Moments of brilliance arise from complex cognitive processes. Piece by piece, researchers are uncovering the secrets of creative thinking

Fact or Phrenology?; April 2005; by David Dobbs; 8 Page(s)

The growing controversy over fMRI scans is forcing us to confront whether brain equals mind

Strangely Familiar; April 2005; by Uwe Wolfradt; 6 Page(s)

Researchers are starting to pin down what d¿j¿ vu is and why it arises. But have you read this already? Maybe you just can't remember

Drowning Mr. M; April 2005; by Patrick Verstichel and Pascale Larrouy; 4 Page(s)

He knows he is suffocating at the bottom of the pool, but he doesn't feel like swimming right now

Neuroscience and the Law; April 2005; by Michael S. Gazzaniga and Megan S. Steven; 8 Page(s)

If scientists can prove that the brain determines the mind, lawyers could convince juries that defendants may not be responsible for their crimes

What's Wrong with This Picture?; April 2005; by Scott O. Lilienfeld, James M. Wood and Howard N. Garb; 8 Page(s)

Psychologists often use the famous Rorschach inkblot test and related tools to assess personality and mental illness. But research says the instruments are frequently ineffective for those purposes

Alien Friends; April 2005; by Thomas Gr¿ter and Ulrich Kraft; 6 Page(s)

For people with Capgras syndrome, loved ones have been taken over by body doubles. Their experience teaches us that feelings are integral to perception

The Will to Win; April 2005; by Steve J. Ayan; 6 Page(s)

More and more athletes are engaging in mental workouts to give themselves that extra edge

Finding Our Way; April 2005; by Hanspeter A. Mallot; 8 Page(s)

The human positioning system helps us navigate an unfamiliar city and may underlie general memory and thought

Friend or Foe?; April 2005; by Marion Sonnenmoser; 4 Page(s)

How we instantly size up people has little to do with logic and a lot to do with looks

Right Brain May Be Wrong; April 2005; by Steve J. Ayan; 2 Page(s)

Classical neuroscience holds that the brain's right hemisphere processes the emotions behind faces and voices, while the left hemisphere handles the facts involved. Or not

Leonardo da Vinci, Neuroscientist; April 2005; by Jonathan Pevsner; 8 Page(s)

Five centuries ago the famous Italian artist-engineer leaped past his contemporaries in developing a more scientific understanding of the brain

Think Better: Make Yourself Happy; April 2005; by Maja Storch; 2 Page(s)

Small acts that create immediate pleasures can add up to long-term satisfaction

Mind Reads; April 2005; by Jonathan Beard, Aimee Cunningham, Richard Lipkin; 2 Page(s)

Reviews of A Cultural History of Causality by Stephen Kern; Why Gender Matters by Leonard Sax; 13 Dreams Freud Never Had by J. Allan Hobson; The New Brain Sciences edited by Dai Rees and Steven Rose

Head Games; April 2005; by Abbie F. Salny; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzler

Illusions: Mind the Gap; April 2005; by Vilayanur R. Ramachandran and Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 2 Page(s)

The brain, like nature, abhors a vacuum