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April 2004
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Emotional Choices What story you choose to believe about antidepressants reveals a deeper truth about who you are.   |
Reason
October 2005
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In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Reason
April 2005
Kenneth Silber |
Are We Just Really Smart Robots? Two books on the mind put the human back into human beings: On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee... Mind: A Brief Introduction, by John R. Searle... |
Reason
December 2000
Gwen J. Broude |
Scatterbrained Child Rearing Books: The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning, by John T. Bruer... Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Plan for a Nation in Crisis, by Peter R. Breggin... |
Entrepreneur
January 2006
Mark Henricks |
Gray Matters As science unlocks more and more of your brain's secrets, learn how harnessing the power of your greatest asset can create a more productive, more persuasive, more competitive business. |
Wired
August 2001
Jennifer Kahn |
Let's Make Your Head Interactive The Human Brain Project is combining wet anatomy with next-gen scanning, imaging, and networking to give neuroscience a revolutionary new tool -- the globally accessible online mind... |
ifeminists
August 17, 2007
Dennis H. Clarke |
How Psychiatry is Making Drug Addicts Out of America's School Children An in-depth analysis of the drugging of American school children as a "public service." |
Chemistry World
July 2010 |
Roadblock on memory lane It might sound like science fiction, but researchers are taking steps towards developing a drug that could erase the fear associated with traumatic events. |
Reason
September 2005
Cathy Young |
Soul Survival Is "the new neuromorality" a threat to traditional views of right and wrong? |
Salon.com
March 9, 2000
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. |
Bio-IT World
July 11, 2002
Mark D. Uehling |
Flirting with Genomic Disaster A conversation with political scientist Francis Fukuyama about the prospect of ethics regulation in biotechnology. |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else. |
Inc.
June 2008
David H. Freedman |
Innovation: The Outer Limits The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of. |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2013
Jeanne Therese Andres |
Mapping receptors in the brain Scientists from the UK and Germany have developed new compounds that target and bind to brain proteins linked to serious neurological disorders. |
Scientific American
July 2005
Gunjan Sinha |
Training the Brain Cognitive therapy as an alternative to ADHD drugs. |
Chemistry World
June 2011 |
Breaking through the barrier Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Alzheimer's Disease 101 It's only in the last decade or so that we have truly come to understand the various disorders of the brain that are associated with age and, in most cases, Alzheimer's disease is the prime suspect. Read on for some basic information. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Jonah Lehrer |
Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene I'm in the dissection room of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, and the scientist next to me is in a hurry. |
Salon.com
May 21, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Clone free Francis Fukuyama warns that the combination of runaway biotechnology and individual freedom could lead to a social nightmare... |
Salon.com
October 25, 2000
Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
Cured but worried I've been taking medication for my attention-deficit disorder. The drug really helps, but I'm afraid of its long-term effects... |
Salon.com
July 27, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
The mind of a killer A neurologist who studies murderers' brains talks about factors that make someone kill, the difficulty of predicting violence and why most murderers can never be rehabilitated... |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
Adam L. Penenberg |
NeuroFocus Uses Neuromarketing To Hack Your Brain Intel, PayPal, Pepsi, Google, HP, Citi, and Microsoft are spending millions to plumb your mind. Here's how it's done. |
AskMen.com
Bernard Croisile |
5 Daily Brain Exercises Many men are devoted to exercise to bulk up their bodies, but the phrase "use it or lose it" also applies to the neural pathways and connections in our brains. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Catherine Arnst |
Attention Deficit: Not Just Kid Stuff Drugmakers are starting to target an overlooked group: Adults with ADHD. |
Wired
May 19, 2008
Daniel Carlat |
Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Don't Believe the Hype Can Spect scans of the brain really show our mind in action, or are we allowing ourselves to be seduced by images that may actually tell us very little? |
Salon.com
September 30, 2002
Matthew Blakeslee |
Madison Avenue and your brain New advances in neuroscience are explaining why people just do it, exactly as they're told to, when that commercial comes on. |
Wired
May 2002
Brian Alexander |
The Remastered Race Artificial chromosomes and in vitro screening are giving new life to the eugenics debate. The question is not whether we want to engineer embryos but how far it should go... |
Salon.com
May 23, 2002
Lawrence H. Diller |
A prescription for disaster The failure to test the effects in children of routinely prescribed drugs has resulted in at least one death. How many kids will die before drug companies take steps to ensure their safety? |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2001
William D. Smucker & Marjaneh Hedayat |
Evaluation and Treatment of ADHD Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are present in as many as 9 percent of school-age children. ADHD-specific questionnaires can help determine whether children meet diagnostic criteria for the disorder... |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Joan O'C. Hamilton |
Journey To The Center Of The Mind "Functional" MRI is yielding a clearer picture of what thoughts look like |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Dollhouse's Memory Science Mixes Fact with Fiction Memory erasure might seem like pure sci-fi, but it's actually on the cutting edge of science. Three memory experts separate what's fact from what's fiction on Fox's new show, Dollhouse, premiering tonight at 9 pm. |
Salon.com
September 1, 2000
Eric Sabo |
Chemical ravings Worried that ecstasy may fry the serotonin cells in their brains, some ravers are taking Prozac. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind New technology broadcasts audio in a focused beam that only a person standing directly in its path hears the message. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Smart Drugs Research found in Current Directions in Psychological Science indicates that there's a limit on how smart one person can get -- no matter how much you train their brain and regardless of what type of brain-boosting drugs are on the way. |
Inc.
September 1, 2002
Thea Singer |
The Innovation Factor: Your Brain on Innovation Want to know what makes a creative genius tick? Neuroscience gives us some clues. |
AskMen.com
Michael J. Gelb |
Brain Workout: Part I The author has helped millions improve their creativity, memory and problem solving with books including the international best-seller How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci. |
AskMen.com
Jonathan Harvey |
Improve Your Mind With Music Do you think it's possible to become smarter and think more clearly with music? Can someone become a more effective learner, reader and thinker without even breaking a sweat? |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
Do Brainpower Apps Really Make You Smarter? Along with Lumosity and CogniFit, Fit Brains Trainer is one of the key players in the market for cognitive-training platforms ostensibly designed to keep your mind sharp. |
Scientific American
January 9, 2006
Philip E. Ross |
Half-Brained Schemes If halving the brain of an epileptic child can suppress debilitating seizures without interfering with the development of normal intellectual abilities, what's all that gray matter good for, anyway? |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Working Out At The Brain Gym A new form of fitness is being offered in a different kind of gym -- a gym for the mind. |
Salon.com
October 18, 2001
Lawrence H. Diller |
An end run to marketing victory Drug makers find ways to circumvent an advertising ban and promote psychiatric drugs for children... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000
Searight, Burke & Rottnek |
Adult ADHD: Evaluation and Treatment in Family Medicine Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 30 to 50 percent of adults who had ADHD in childhood. Accurate diagnosis of ADHD in adults is challenging and requires attention to early development and symptoms of inattention, distractibility, impulsivity and emotional lability... |
InternetNews
October 16, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Point, Click, Save Your Brain New study suggests link between Internet activity and mental acuity. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Redefining Smart Jeff Hawkins tackles his greatest passion, the study of the brain, in his new book "On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines." |
BusinessWeek
September 25, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Chicken Soup For The Aging Brain The disputed idea that mental exercise can turn back time has launched an industry. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Brain Man: Questions for Neuroergonomics Expert Raja Parasuraman It's a merger of neuroscience, the study of the brain, with ergonomics, the study of how to design systems and technologies to be more compatible with what we know about human capabilities and limitations. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010 |
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity? Nicholas Carr's new book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains," faults Google for being "in the business of distraction" and Twitter for being neurological heroin |
AskMen.com
Michael J Gelb |
Brain Workout: Part 2 The author shares elements from his upcoming book Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age in our five-day Brain Workout series. Today's chapter is "Improve Memory and Learning Ability as You Age." |
Wired
April 21, 2008 |
Get Smarter: 12 Hacks That Will Amp Up Your Brainpower This guide to better brainpower shows you how to boost your memory, sharpen your concentration skills, and even pop the right combination of drugs and supplements. |
