Frame of Mind

  1. Neuroscience

    Some schemes to boost brainpower are too clever by half

    By Laura Sanders

  2. Calling neuroscience pointless misses the point

    Despite the adage, there actually is such a thing as bad publicity, a fact that brain scientists have lately discovered. A couple of high-profile opinion pieces in the New York Times have questioned the usefulness of neuroscience, claiming, as columnist David Brooks did in June, that studying brain activity will never reveal the mind. Or […]

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Health & Medicine

    A new generation of antidepressants could help patients feel better faster

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Neuroscience

    Study gives a jolt to brain researchers seeking to understand face blindness

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Neuroscience

    To understand meetings of minds, scientists should study brains in the wild

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Neuroscience

    Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes

    Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Neuroscience

    fMRI’s birthday lesson: Don’t ignore weird things you don’t understand

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Health & Medicine

    Scientists shouldn’t get hooked on notion that obesity reflects addiction to food

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Health & Medicine

    Rats avoiding mental workloads offer clues to lower motivation in depression

    By Laura Sanders