The Hidden Mind (August 2012)
Special Editions

Cover; The Hidden Mind; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; The Hidden Mind; by Staff Editor; 3 Page(s)

How the Brain Creates the Mind; The Hidden Mind; by Antonio R. Damasio; 6 Page(s)

We have long wondered how the conscious mind comes to be. Greater understanding of brain function ought to lead to an eventual solution
Antonio R. Damasio is University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California.
From the December 1999 issue

The Problem of Consciousness; The Hidden Mind; by Francis Crick and Christof Koch; 8 Page(s)

It is now being explored through the visual system—requiring a close collaboration among psychologists, neuroscientists and theorists
Francis Crick, who died in 2004, was the co-discoverer, with James Watson, of the double helical structure of DNA. Christof Koch is chief scientific officer at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at the California Institute of Technology.
From the September 1992 issue

Vision: A Window on Consciousness; The Hidden Mind; by Nikos K. Logothetis; 8 Page(s)

In their search for the mind, scientists are focusing on visual perception—how we interpret what we see
Nikos K. Logothetis is director of the physiology of cognitive processes department at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany.
From the November 1999 issue

The Split Brain Revisited; The Hidden Mind; by Michael S. Gazzaniga; 6 Page(s)

Groundbreaking work over four decades has led to ongoing insights about brain organization and consciousness
Michael S. Gazzaniga is professor of psychology and director of teh SAGE Center for Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
From the July 1998 issue

Sex Differences in the Brain; The Hidden Mind; by Doreen Kimura; 6 Page(s)

Men and women display patterns of behavioral and cognitive differences that reflect varying hormonal influences on brain development
Doreen Kimura is a visiting professor in psychology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
From the September 1992 issue

New Nerve Cells for the Adult Brain; The Hidden Mind; by Gerd Kempermann and Fred H. Gage; 7 Page(s)

Contrary to dogma, the human brain does produce new nerve cells in adulthood. Can this lead to better treatments for neurological diseases?
Gerd Kempermann is professor of genomics of regeneration at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden in Germany. Fred H. Gage is Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif.
From the May 1999 issue

Sign Language in the Brain; The Hidden Mind; by Gregory Hickok, Ursula Bellugi and Edward S. Klima; 8 Page(s)

How does the human brain process language? New studies of deaf signers hint at an answer
Gregory Hickok is professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and co-director of the Auditory and Language Neuroscience Lab there. Ursula Bellugi is director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. Edward S. Klima, who died in 2008, was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of California, San Diego, and associate director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at Salk.
From the June 2001 issue

The Meaning of Dreams; The Hidden Mind; by Jonathan Winson; 8 Page(s)

Dreams may be crucial in mammalian memory processing. Important information acquired while awake may be reprocessed during sleep
Jonathan Winson, who died in 2008, was widely considered the founder of modern dream analysis. He was associate professor emeritus at the Rockefeller University.
From the November 1990 issue

Emotion, Memory and the Brain; The Hidden Mind; by Joseph E. LeDoux; 10 Page(s)

The neural routes underlying the formation of memories about primitive emotional experiences, such as fear, have been traced
Joseph E. Ledoux is Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University, where he directs the Center for Neural Science.
From the June 1994 issue

The Neurobiology of Fear; The Hidden Mind; by Ned H. Kalin; 10 Page(s)

Researchers are teasing apart the processes in the brain that give rise to various fears in monkeys. The results may lead to new ways to treat anxiety in humans
Ned H. Kalin directs the HealthEmotions Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is Hedberg Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and chairman of the department of psychiatry there. He is also an affiliate scientist at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center and the Harlow Primate Laboratory.
From the May 1993 issue

The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease; The Hidden Mind; by Esther M. Sternberg and Philip W. Gold; 8 Page(s)

The brain and the immune system continuously signal each other, often along the same pathways, which may explain how state of mind influences health
Esther M. Sternberg is chief of the section on neuroendocrine immunology and behavior and director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. Philip W. Gold is chief of the clinical neuroendocrinology branch at the NIMH.
From a Special Issue, 1997

The Puzzle of Conscious Experience; The Hidden Mind; by David J. Chalmers, sidebar by Francis Crick and Christof Koch; 10 Page(s)

We are at last plumbing one of the most profound mysteries of existence. But knowledge of the brain alone may not get to the bottom of it
David J. Chalmers is a philosopher at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is also a visiting professor at New York University.
From the December 1995 issue