July / August 2011
Scientific American Mind

Cover; July / August 2011; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; July / August 2011; by Sandra Upson; 1 Page(s)

The Parent Brain

Table of Contents; July / August 2011; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters; July / August 2011; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters to the editor about the March / April 2011 issue of Scientific American MIND

Head Lines; July / August 2011; by Andrea Anderson; Michele Solis; Mark Lescroartÿ; Janelle Weaver; Valerie Ross; Joe Kloc; Morgen E. Peck; Katherine Harmon; Erica Westly; Carrie Arnold; Nathan Collins; Aimee Cunningham; 8 Page(s)

Towering Targets; Written All over His Face; The Healing Power of Touch; Mental Math in Infants; The Myth of Joyful Parenthood; The Power of Negative Thinking; The Sleepy Gene; The Third Hand Illusion; Outsmarting Sleep Loss; Painful Pessimism; Who's the Boss?; Why Autism Strikes More Boys Than Girls; Can I Help You?; Lingering Lies; A Signal for Solitude; Where There's a Will...;

Perspectives: The Sunny Side of Smut; July / August 2011; by Melinda Wenner Moyer; 2 Page(s)

For most people, pornography use has no negative effects—and it may even deter sexual violence

Consciousness Redux: Sex and Violence; July / August 2011; by Christof Koch; 2 Page(s)

Using optical and genetic techniques, neuroscientists have identified an "on/off" switch for aggression in the brain

Illusions: Reflections on the Mind; July / August 2011; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran; Diane Rogers-Ramachandran; 5 Page(s)

Colors can change with their surroundings and spread beyond the lines

Calendar; July / August 2011; by Victoria Stern; 1 Page(s)

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Baby Power; July / August 2011; by Craig Howard Kinsley; Elizabeth Meyer; 7 Page(s)

Heads up, Mom and Dad. Your baby controls your brain

How Dads Develop; July / August 2011; by Brian Mossop; 7 Page(s)

When men morph into fathers, they experience a neural revival that benefits their children

The Bilingual Advantage; July / August 2011; by Erica Westly; 4 Page(s)

Learning a second language can give kids' brains a boost

Thinking By Design; July / August 2011; by Helmut Leder; 6 Page(s)

The science of everyday beauty reveals what people really like—and why

Outsmarting Mortality; July / August 2011; by Ian J. Deary; Alexander Weiss; G. David Batty; 8 Page(s)

Your intelligence affects your life span in several surprising ways

Pop Star Psychology; July / August 2011; by Sandra Czaja; 4 Page(s)

Movies and TV shows can encourage risky behavior in children and teenagers, but teen idols have positive effects, too

Strain on the Brain; July / August 2011; by Brian Mossop; 4 Page(s)

A stressful life may fuel Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

Facts & Fictions in Mental Health: Deranged and Dangerous?; July / August 2011; by Scott O. Lilienfeld; Hal Arkowitz; 2 Page(s)

Severe mental illness alone is not generally enough to cause violent behavior

We're Only Human: The Partner Paradox; July / August 2011; by Wray Herbert; 2 Page(s)

Why buddying up to help achieve goals may backfire

Reviews and Recommendations; July / August 2011; by Robert Epstein; Victoria Stern; Brian Mossop; Samantha Murphy; Melinda Wenner Moyer; 2 Page(s)

Books and more relating to the mind and brain

Ask the Brains; July / August 2011; by Paul Li; Jeannine Stamatakis; 1 Page(s)

What happens in the brain when we experience a panic attack?; Why did the absence of the corpus callosum in Kim Peek's brain increase his memory capacity?

Head Games; July / August 2011; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Match wits with the Mensa puzzlers

MIND in Pictures; July / August 2011; by Dwayne Godwin; Jorge Cham; 1 Page(s)

It Came From the Third Dimension