Mind Reader

Cogito ergo sum baby Cogito ergo sum, baby

Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves
  • Big Pharma says your mysterious pain is real

    A brain scan told them so. And now they can sell you a drug. But what is unreal pain?
  • A judge without empathy is inhuman

    The anti-Obama rallying cry that a Supreme Court justice must rule by reason alone is ignorant of how our minds and bodies work.
  • PBS's latest infomercial

    By airing another self-help show disguised as medical science -- the dubious "UltraMind Solution" -- the public network continues to undermine its credibility.
  • The dark lesson of Bernie Madoff

    The financier ripped off his lifelong friends and clients with callous precision. He should be a case study of human cruelty.
  • Should Johnny play linebacker?

    Concussions sustained in high school sports may put young athletes at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease.
  • My candidate, myself

    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.
  • Born that gay

    Do recent neurological studies prove once and for all that homosexuality is biological?
  • Why "placebo" is not a dirty word

    Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments.
  • Brain scam

    Why is PBS airing Dr. Daniel Amen's self-produced infomercial for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease?
  • Buff up your brain

    Exercise improves your health. That's a no-brainer. But do the new brain-fitness programs improve your mental health?
  • The certainty epidemic

    We all seem convinced we're right about politics, religion or science these days. What makes us so sure of ourselves?
  • How looks can kill

    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.
  • The man who lost his past

    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.
  • We're prejudiced, now what?

    Scientists now tell us bias toward others may be innate. But that doesn't mean we have to behave like Bill O'Reilly.
  • The light's on, but is anybody home?

    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.

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