New Scientist - The Human Brain
New Scientist - The Human Brain
Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment 09/08/2010 01:07 PM A Yale University experimental philosopher needs your help – take his online test if you want to find out how your mind works
Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic 09/08/2010 01:00 PM Mining your brain's fundamental response to cinematic action could make movies more moving
Money can buy you happiness – up to a point 09/07/2010 05:05 AM The more money people earn the higher their overall life satisfaction, but your day-to-day emotional wellbeing improves only up to a $75,000 salary
Thank mothers for large ape brains 09/06/2010 03:00 PM The brains of humans, apes and monkeys are enormous compared with their bodies – it seems these brainy animals have their mothers to thank
What's in a name? The words behind thought 09/06/2010 03:00 AM You think more words than you speak – perhaps because language really does shape the way we navigate the world
Why your brain flips over visual illusions 09/03/2010 08:50 AM What happens in your brain when you view illusions in which two separate images can be seen?
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication 09/01/2010 01:00 PM With trials showing positive results from the treatment of cancer to alcohol addiction, could illegal drugs be heading for the medical mainstream?
Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less 09/01/2010 05:10 AM Encouraging models to put on weight may not be enough to prevent the influence that media images have on rising rates of eating disorders
Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery 08/31/2010 07:54 AM Önder Bilgi talks about his discovery of a razor-sharp 4000-year-old scalpel and what it was originally used for
The mind's eye: How the brain sorts out what you see 08/30/2010 03:00 AM Can you tell a snake from a pretzel? Some can't – and their experiences are revealing how the brain builds up a coherent picture of the world
Oxytocin fails 'trust elixir' test 08/27/2010 08:29 AM The hormone does make people more trusting, but not gullible, as many internet vendors would have us believe
Anticipation of pain makes it hurt more, even days later 08/24/2010 05:00 PM Being told that something will be painful can create a long-lasting nocebo effect, the placebo effect's evil twin
MRI scans could diagnose autism 08/10/2010 05:00 PM Key anatomical differences in autistic brains have been used to train software to distinguish them from those of people without the condition
Mind-reading marketers have ways of making you buy 08/09/2010 05:13 AM Why ask people what they think of a product when you can just scan their brains instead? New Scientist explores the brave new world of neuromarketing
Human brains have 'Life of Brian' mechanism 08/07/2010 03:00 AM Brain regions that deal with negative emotions and self-awareness are dampened down when we confront thoughts of death, scans reveal
Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence 08/04/2010 01:00 PM Digital organisms not only mutate and evolve, they also have memory – so how long before they acquire intelligence too?
Medical brainwave 08/03/2010 07:00 PM Helen Thomson describes how haphazard brainwaves may be behind some of the symptoms of schizophrenia (10 July, p 28). Temporal lobe epilepsy is spread by...
Gene variant role in Parkinson's uncovered 07/31/2010 07:00 AM An RNA fragment known to be implicated in Parkinson's has been shown to cause the death of neurons in the brains of fruit flies
Did emotions evolve to push others into cooperation? 07/28/2010 11:35 AM The emotions you feel have evolved as tools to manipulate others into cooperating with you, says a controversial new theory
We humans can mind-meld too 07/26/2010 06:42 AM There's now scientific backing – in the form of brain scans – for the old adage that when two people "click" in conversation, they have a meeting of minds
Serotonin cell discoveries mean rethink of depression 07/22/2010 12:13 PM Far from being caused by low levels of serotonin in the brain, some types of depression may in fact be the result of too much serotonin
Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass 07/22/2010 07:47 AM They're often branded as thoughtless and irresponsible, but teenage mothers and deadbeat dads may be making the best of their bad situations
Twitter mood maps reveal emotional states of America 07/21/2010 07:14 AM How is the US feeling right now? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of tweets may hold the answers
Brain implants evolved to use less energy 07/17/2010 05:00 AM A genetic algorithm has reduced the power demands of brain implants, and thus the need for operations to replace their batteries
Want to get off to sleep? Ask your astrocytes nicely 07/16/2010 09:15 AM Cells previously dismissed as minor players in the brain may actually regulate when we fall asleep

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