A brain scan told them so. And now they can sell you a drug. But what is unreal pain?
By Robert Burton Jun 11, 2009
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The anti-Obama rallying cry that a Supreme Court justice must rule by reason alone is ignorant of how our minds and bodies work.
By Robert Burton
May 12, 2009
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The futurist says we will soon have technology capable of re-creating the subtlety and suppleness of the brain. Should we be worried?
May 11, 2009
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By airing another self-help show disguised as medical science -- the dubious "UltraMind Solution" -- the public network continues to undermine its credibility.
By Robert Burton
March 12, 2009
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The financier ripped off his lifelong friends and clients with callous precision. He should be a case study of human cruelty.
By Robert Burton
February 26, 2009
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Concussions sustained in high school sports may put young athletes at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease.
By Robert Burton
January 13, 2009
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Even when faced with new facts and insights, most voters don't change their minds about their favorite candidates. A neurologist explains how they might.
By Robert Burton
September 22, 2008
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I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself?
By Alix Kates Shulman
September 17, 2008
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Do recent neurological studies prove once and for all that homosexuality is biological?
By Robert Burton
September 12, 2008
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I've tried to toe the line on my arrival time to no avail -- and I think it's gonna get me fired.
By Cary Tennis
September 3, 2008
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Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments.
By Robert Burton
August 1, 2008
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Why is PBS airing Dr. Daniel Amen's self-produced infomercial for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease?
By Robert Burton
May 12, 2008
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Exercise improves your health. That's a no-brainer. But do the new brain-fitness programs improve your mental health?
By Robert Burton
March 31, 2008
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We all seem convinced we're right about politics, religion or science these days. What makes us so sure of ourselves?
By Robert Burton
February 29, 2008
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People obsessed with their appearance suffer from a biological disorder, researchers now say. But not so fast: It's still our culture that warps our brains.
By Robert Burton
January 31, 2008
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My synesthesia made me feel like a freak. But if my son has inherited this neurological quirk, I hope he realizes what a gift it is.
By Alison Buckholtz
January 15, 2008
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Is it possible to be too aware of our own consciousness? A psychologist and a philosopher teamed up to document inner experience.
By Gary Wolf
January 11, 2008
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The documentary film "Unknown White Male," about a New York stockbroker who loses his memory, is medically implausible. But it offers an important lesson about an overlooked illness.
By Robert Burton
December 11, 2007
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Scientists now tell us bias toward others may be innate. But that doesn't mean we have to behave like Bill O'Reilly.
By Robert Burton
October 31, 2007
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An extraordinary brain study concludes that a woman in a vegetative state is aware of herself. It's a dangerous claim that could throw families and physicians into turmoil.
By Robert Burton
September 25, 2007
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Karl Rove sits down to an interview aboard Air Force One after announcing his resignation.
August 14, 2007
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OK, so I have a little OCD, but I don't think my wishes should be ignored.
By Cary Tennis
July 31, 2007
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The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities -- and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin' all night long.
By Jonathan Cott and Karen Rester
July 25, 2007
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It wasn't the promise of saving lives that kept me attending an EMT class, but my will to witness the mystery of life in a bifurcated head.
By JC Hallman
November 1, 2006
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Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience.
By Steve Paulson
September 20, 2006
Big Pharma says your mysterious pain is real
A judge without empathy is inhuman
Big Think: Ray Kurzweil on simulating the human brain
PBS's latest infomercial
The dark lesson of Bernie Madoff
Should Johnny play linebacker?
My candidate, myself
My husband, the invalid
Born that gay
I can't get to work on time no matter what
Why "placebo" is not a dirty word
Brain scam
Buff up your brain
The certainty epidemic
How looks can kill
The letter E is purple
A penny for your deepest thoughts
The man who lost his past
We're prejudiced, now what?
The light's on, but is anybody home?
Rove's round table
Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental
Mind over matter
Divining the brain
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald