Scientific American Mind-June/July 2007
Scientific American Mind-June/July 2007
Scientific American Mind-June/July 2007
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D E P A R T M E N T S<br />
1 >> From the Editor<br />
4 >> Letters<br />
8 >> Head Lines<br />
>> Morality’s place in the brain.<br />
>> Exercising builds brawny brains.<br />
>> Control yourself: eat more sugar.<br />
>> Faces count in political races.<br />
>> A drug for Down syndrome.<br />
>> Criminal kids learned it from Mom.<br />
9<br />
Perspectives<br />
14 >> Good News about Depression<br />
A surprising discovery could lead to fasteracting<br />
and highly effective drugs to treat<br />
this devastating disorder.<br />
BY WALTER BROWN<br />
16 >> Betting on Consciousness<br />
Gambling may offer a way to test conscious<br />
awareness without disturbing it.<br />
BY CHRISTOF KOCH AND KERSTIN PREUSCHOFF<br />
18 >> Illusions<br />
Perception research shows the importance<br />
of being upright.<br />
BY VILAYANUR S. RAMACHANDRAN AND<br />
DIANE ROGERS-RAMACHANDRAN<br />
22>> Calendar<br />
Exhibitions, conferences, movies and more.<br />
82 >> Facts and Fictions<br />
in Mental Health<br />
Why don’t people change?<br />
BY HAL ARKOWITZ AND SCOTT O. LILIENFELD<br />
84 >> <strong>Mind</strong> Reads<br />
In Six Impossible Things before Breakfast,<br />
biologist Lewis Wolpert discusses the<br />
evolutionary reasons behind our predisposition<br />
for leaps of faith.<br />
86 >> Ask the Brains<br />
Is hypnosis real? And why do brains have folds?<br />
87 >> Head Games<br />
Match wits with the Mensa puzzlers.<br />
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