Interviews
The Secret behind One of the Greatest Success Stories in All of History
Mind Matters • February 2018
In thinking about the state of the world, it is easy to see the signs of backsliding, and to feel at least a little despair.
Read more →Secrets of the Criminal Mind
Mind Matters • May 2013
What is science revealing about the nature of the criminal mind? Adrian Raine, a professor at the university of Pennsylvania, is an expert in the
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How to Stop Bullying
Mind Matters • February 2013
In January of 2010, a teenage girl named Phoebe Prince walked home from school, let herself into the family apartment and hung herself in a
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The Brilliance of the Dog Mind
Mind Matters • February 2013
Just about every dog owner is convinced their dog is a genius. For a long time, scientists did not take their pronouncements particularly seriously, but
Read more →Mind Theorist
Scientific American • December 2012
Have you ever stopped to consider what a brilliant mind reader you are? If someone in your field of view experiences a sudden happy thought
Read more →Do Plants Think?
Mind Matters • June 2012
How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, “What a Plant Knows,” by Daniel Chamovitz, director of
Read more →Reverse Engineering the Human Brain
Mind Matters • March 2012
What makes us who we are? Where is our personal history recorded, or our hopes? What explains autism or schiziphrenia or remarkable genius? Sebastian Seung
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The Brittle Star's Apprentice
Scientific American • February 2012
AMONG THE FIRST things you notice when you step into the corner office of Harvard University professor Joanna Aizenberg are the playthings. Behind her desk
Read more →The Power of Introverts
Mind Matters • January 2012
Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little guilty about it? Then Susan Cain’s “Quiet : The Power of Introverts”
Read more →Neuroscience Challenges Ideas about Free Will
Mind Matters • November 2011
Do we have free will? It is an age-old question which has attracted the attention of philosophers, theologians, lawyers and political theorists. Now it is
Read more →History and the Decline of Human Violence
Mind Matters • October 2011
Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, is the author of the best-selling books, “How the Mind Works,” and “The Blank Slate.” But
Read more →The Secret Language Code
Mind Matters • August 2011
Are there hidden messages in your emails? Yes, and in everything you write or say, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the department of psychology
Read more →Psychologists Put "Character" Under Microscope — and it Vanishes
Mind Matters • May 2011
What can science reveal about our “character” — that core of good, or evil, that shapes our moral behavior? The answer, according to a new
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