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The Brain

Table of Contents The Brain 2010

Discover Magazine's mission is to enable readers to lead richer lives by explaining and expanding their universe. Each month we bring you in depth information and analysis from various topics ranging from technology and space to the living world we live in.

FEATURES

Could "Hormonal Diversity" Help Prevent Another Financial Meltdown?

by Eliza Strickland

World financial markets are at the mercy of overheated hormones, which leads both to irrational exuberance and irrational pessimism, says trader-turned-neuroscientist John Coates.

What Quirk of the Brain Turns People Into Compulsive Hoarders?

by Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee

Hoarders cannot stop themselves from accumulating stuff—even if they live in fetid, rotting homes that ruin their lives.

The 4 Stages of Fear, Attacked-by-a-Mountain-Lion Edition

by Jeff Wise

Fight and flight are part of the brain's automatic system for dealing with life-threatening situations—but there's more to the story.

The Art & Science of Slicing up a Human Brain

by Kathleen McGowan

Scientists are using the most-studied brain in history to create a Google Earth for everything inside your head.

DATA

Psychologist Says Antidepressants Are Just Fancy Placebos

by Carlin Flora

Irving Kirsh aims to "explode the myth" of Prozac and its ilk, arguing that there's little evidence that they actually work for most patients.

The Inside Story

by NONE-FOUND

Cutting Across Time

by Amy Barth

As far back as the Stone Age, medics have attempted to heal wounds, cure insanity, banish seizures, and remove tumors via brain surgery—with mixed results. And yet there were important advances long before the era of modern antibiotics and anesthesia.