Life of the Mind
Life of the Mind
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Life of the Mind
Psychology: Lights Out
A campaign to conserve energy offers a chance to study altruistic behavior
Life of the Mind
Biology: Mapping the Body
A new way to study how tissues function and what changes when disease strikes
Life of the Mind
Politics: Swaying Voters
Hazy thinking? Mangled facts? Those are what many use to rationalize how they vote
Life of the Mind
Economics and Public Affairs: Trial and Error
Double-blind trials — the gold standard in medical research — may need refining
Life of the Mind
Psychology: First Impressions
How much can we learn by judging other people from their faces?
Life of the Mind
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Life of the Mind
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Neuroscience: Brain Teaser
Understanding how an immune response may increase the risk of autism
Life of the Mind
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Life of the Mind
Psychology: Your Attention, Please
Distractions in our visual environment can impede our brains’ ability to function
Life of the Mind
Creative Writing: Poetry in Prose
Tracy K. Smith wrestles with race and religion in a memoir of her childhood
Life of the Mind
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Biology: Complex Copulation
A tiny, pond-dwelling organism has some of the most complicated sex on the planet