September / October 2012
Scientific American Mind

Cover; September / October 2012; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

From the Editor; September / October 2012; by Sandra Upson; 1 Page(s)

Meet Your Match

Table of Contents; September / October 2012; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Readers Respond to “Feeling Free”— and More; September / October 2012; by The Editors; 2 Page(s)

Head Lines; September / October 2012; by Jessica Gross, Ruth Williams, Harvey Black, Stephani Sutherland, Daisy Yuhas, Carrie Arnold, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Rachel Kaufman, Tori Rodriguez, Charles Q. Choi, Amy Mayer,; 9 Page(s)

Childhood Memories Serve as a Moral Compass; Peer Pressure Starts Early; Enchanted by Our Own Words; Brain Freeze Explained; How Chronic Pain Affects Memory and Mood; Psychology: As Seen on TV!; The Depression Connection; Rudeness on the Internet; Group Interrogation Reveals Liars; Botox Fights Depression; Common Parasite Linked to Personality Changes; Could an Epilepsy Drug Prevent Alzheimer's?; Compulsions Can Follow Trauma; Similar Scenes Spark Déjà Vu; Caffeine Crystals; How Babies See Race; You Are What You Read; Open Mind, Longer Life

A Faithful Resemblance; September / October 2012; by SUSANA MARTINEZ-CONDE and STEPHEN L. MACKNIK; 3 Page(s)

When seeing is believing

Calling a Truce in the Political Wars; September / October 2012; by Emily Laber-Warren; 2 Page(s)

Psychological insights might tone down the bitter feuding between Democrats and Republicans

Safely Switching Consciousness Off and On Again; September / October 2012; by Christof Koch; 2 Page(s)

What can we learn about consciousness from anesthetized patients?

Dating in a Digital World; September / October 2012; by Eli J. Finkel, Paul W. Eastwick, Benjamin R. Karney, Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher; 8 Page(s)

Understanding the psychology of online dating can turn a frustrating experience into a fruitful mission

Studying Drugs in All the Wrong People; September / October 2012; by Gabriella Rosen; 8 Page(s)

How the costly race to enroll subjects in psychiatric research trials is harming patients and compromising treatment

Re-creating the Real World; September / October 2012; by Bruce Hood; 4 Page(s)

To what extent do we truly experience reality?

Changing A Child's Mind; September / October 2012; by The Editors; 2 Page(s)

The Education of Character; September / October 2012; by Ingrid Wickelgren; 11 Page(s)

Scientists, politicians and celebrities are remaking schools as gyms for the brain where teachers build the mental brawn for attention, perseverance and emotional control

Building Better Brains; September / October 2012; by John Jonides, Susanne M. Jaeggi, Martin Buschkuehl and Priti Shah; 5 Page(s)

Recent studies indicate that some types of brain training can make you smarter

Treating a Toxin to Learning; September / October 2012; by Clancy Blair; 4 Page(s)

Stress may be silently sabotaging success in school. Its effects are especially potent for children in poverty

Are All Psychotherapies Created Equal?; September / October 2012; by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Hal Arkowitz; 2 Page(s)

Certain core benefits cut across methods, but some differences in effectiveness remain

How to Spot a Scoundrel; September / October 2012; by Wray Hebert; 2 Page(s)

Certain types of fidgeting give away a person's trustworthiness

Reviews and Recommendations; September / October 2012; by Brian Mossop, Jordan Lite, Daisy Yuhas, Victoria Stern; 2 Page(s)

Ask the Brains; September / October 2012; by Paul Reber, Jeannine Stamatakis; 1 Page(s)

Head Games; September / October 2012; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Mind in Pictures; September / October 2012; by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham; 1 Page(s)

Hard to Swallow