March / April 2010
Scientific American Mind

Cover; March / April 2010; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; March / April 2010; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Convince Me

Table of Contents; March / April 2010; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters; March / April 2010; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters to the editor about the November / December 2009 issue of Scientific American MIND

Head Lines; March / April 2010; by Andrea Anderson; Nicole Branan; Melinda Wenner; Emily Anthes; Allison Bond; Erica Westly; Michelle Solis; Elizabeth King Humphrey; Agata Gluszek; David DiSalvo; 8 Page(s)

Gene Target Beats Oil Remedy; Chimps Talk with Their Hands; Monkeys Get the Creeps, Too; A Female Viagra; Are Antidepressants Safe for Pregnant Women?; Divining the Right Drug; Accentuating the Negative; How Fantasies Affect Focus; Abuse and Attachment; Multimedia Memory Boost; Be Sad and Succeed; Accents Trump Skin Color; Belief in the Brain; Why We Return to Bad Habits

Perspectives: The Ethical Dog; March / April 2010; by Marc Bekoff; Jessica Pierce; 2 Page(s)

Looking for the roots of human morality in the animal kingdom? Focus on canines, who know how to play fair

Consciousness Redux: Playing the Body Electric; March / April 2010; by Christof Koch; 2 Page(s)

A combination of genetics and optics gives brain scientists an unprecedented ability to dissect the circuits of the mind

Illusions: Aristotle's Error; March / April 2010; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran & Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 3 Page(s)

Using aftereffects to probe visual function reveals how the eye and brain handle colors and contours

Calendar; March / April 2010; by Allison Bond; Victoria Stern; 1 Page(s)

Exhibitions, conferences, movies and more

The Power to Persuade; March / April 2010; by Kevin Dutton; 8 Page(s)

How masters of "supersuasion" can change your mind

A Sensory Fix for Problems in School; March / April 2010; by Burkhart Fischer; 6 Page(s)

Certain learning disabilities are linked to problems of perception, when the brain misinterprets sensory input. Targeted exercises can help correct these difficulties

The Pluses of Getting it Wrong; March / April 2010; by Henry L. Roediger III; Bridgid Finn; 4 Page(s)

New research makes the case for difficult tests in schools and suggests an unusual technique that anyone can use to learn

Busting Big Myths in Popular Psychology; March / April 2010; by Scott O. Lilienfeld; Steven Jay Lynn; John Ruscio; Barry L. Beyerstein; 8 Page(s)

Pop psych lore is a bewildering mix of fact and fallacy. Here we shatter some widely held misconceptions about the mind and human behavior

New Hope for Battling Brain Cancer; March / April 2010; by Gregory Foltz; 8 Page(s)

Studies suggest that stem cells sustain deadly tumors in the brain—and that aiming at these insidious culprits could lead to a cure

Are You Mentally Healthy?; March / April 2010; by Robert Epstein; 4 Page(s)

Here's a new screening tool that might set your mind at ease—or get you chatting with a therapist

The Brain and the Written Word; March / April 2010; by Gareth Cook; 4 Page(s)

A cognitive neuroscientist explains his quest to understand how reading works in the mind—and how the brain is changed by education and culture

Facts & Fictions in Mental Health: Living with Schizophrenia; March / April 2010; by Hal Arkowitz; Scott O. Lilienfeld; 2 Page(s)

A diagnosis of schizophrenia is not always grounds for despair

We're Only Human: Extraordinary Perception; March / April 2010; by Wray Herbert; 2 Page(s)

We think of people with autism as having a deficit in cognitive processing—but their distractibility could also result from having enhanced perceptual capabilities

Reviews and Recommendations; March / April 2010; by Nicole Branan; Melinda Wenner; Corey Binns; Frederik Joelving; 2 Page(s)

Hive Minds; Key Brain Players; Thinking in Pictures; Mysterious Nerves

Reviews and Recommendations; March / April 2010; by Nicole Branan; Melinda Wenner; Corey Binns; Frederik Joelving; 2 Page(s)

Hive Minds; Key Brain Players; Thinking in Pictures; Mysterious Nerves

Ask the Brains; March / April 2010; by Robert Emery and Jim Coan; Michael P. Kaschak; 1 Page(s)

When people have their feelings hurt, what is actually happening inside the body to cause the physical pain in the chest?; Why is talking along with gestures so much easier than trying to talk without gesturing?

Head Games; March / April 2010; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzlers

MIND in Pictures; March / April 2010; by Dwayne Godwin; Jorge Cham; 1 Page(s)

Time to Think