A new theory says the brain stores complex pieces of information in "sparse-coding networks." 05.15.2009
Research has soundly disproved the alleged connection, yet fears about vaccines continue to be a major risk to public health. 05.06.2009
DISCOVER reporter David Ewing Duncan uses fMRI to try to track his thoughts on some big questions. 04.24.2009
A natural brain protein and insulin, of all things, may lead to effective treatments. 04.17.2009
Hint: You can play some of the best games right here on DISCOVERmagazine.com. 03.24.2009
New study shows that mammals that sleep more have more immune cells and fewer parasites. 03.22.2009
Nobel laureate Gerald Edelman says your brain is one-of-a-kind in the history of the universe. 01.16.2009
Some sufferers of the disease have entirely unique DNA duplications or deletions. 12.11.2008
A strange condition turns a mild-mannered husband into an aggressive assailant. 11.29.2008
Our brains may contain a battle of the sexes that can cause schizophrenia and autism. 11.10.2008
Albert Rizzo uses virtual reality to free veterans of their PTSD—by letting them relive their trauma. 09.17.2008
The CIA's experimentation with LSD led to disastrous results. 08.04.2008
A new book explores the negative effects of being alone: heart disease, cancer, gastrointestinal ailments, etc. 07.30.2008
An interrogation expert spills his secrets. 07.28.2008
A new mix of therapy and medication may stave off psychosis among teens at risk. 07.22.2008
Researchers are again using mind-bending drugs as a means of treating mental disorders. 05.16.2008
Proteins in the brain may be the key to un-learning fear—or retaining memory. 04.28.2008
Philip Landrigan tracks how dangers like the WTC can cause problems like ADD. 04.25.2008
Michael Mason fights the devastating effects of brain injuries. 04.15.2008
Some were fanatical prudes, while one was dubbed “the Pied Piper of carnality.” 03.05.2008
At his peak, Walter Freeman hacked at dozens of brains each day. 02.19.2008
Illustrating the complex connections between puzzling mental diseases 12.07.2007
Time to inject some mind vitamins. 11.28.2007
The disease may be the twisted flipside of an evolutionary boost. 11.13.2007
An entirely different approach could provide safer and better medicines. 10.18.2007
The oddly oxymoronic effects of steroids on the human body 10.18.2007
Adolescents sleep for weeks solid, sometimes bingeing or becoming hypersexual. 08.15.2007
Another great reason to avoid chronic distress. 07.13.2007
Sorting out the cloudy issue that is estrogen replacement 06.11.2007
How a mental gym can tone your mind and stave off memory loss. 05.21.2007
1970s psychotherapy is alive and screaming in Venice, California. 05.09.2007
New treatments for a disease that may affect the whole body 03.22.2007
What sort of future do brain-injured Iraq veterans face? 02.23.2007
What sort of future do brain-injured Iraq veterans face? 02.23.2007
Skin eruptions mystify both doctor and patient. 11.20.2006
Music theory harmonizes with painkillers. 08.08.2006
A seemingly simple stumble provides clues to serious injury. 08.01.2006
Are they the root of all mischief? 07.01.2006
Impulsive aggression can be inherited. 04.14.2006
A toddler's behavior gives away his disease 04.02.2006
Dalai Lama Speaks Language of Science 02.20.2006
Why the brain can't break habits. 01.19.2006
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Agony of Parkinson's Eased by Ecstasy? 11.22.2005
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Could they actually be good for you? 07.24.2005
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Can contact sports lower your intelligence? 12.03.2004
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The power of trance can no longer be disputed, a psychiatrist at Stanford University says. Now we just have to use it 11.25.2004
An otherwise healthy woman suddenly develops a drunken stagger 10.01.2004
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A gun that shoots magnetic pulses puts an end to an age-old scourge 08.02.2004
A growing body of evidence indicates that memory is deeply unreliable and that life-shattering events cannot be buried for years and then winched out of the deep waters of the subconscious 08.02.2004
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What do you do when a live patient declares that he is, in fact, dead? 07.25.2004
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Are the brain's emotional circuits hardwired for speed? 05.29.2004
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Determined to enter the brain in a friendly way 04.21.2004
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A revolutionary idea that could convert critics of these virtual worlds 12.03.2003
New studies show that animals used in critical experiments may be out of their minds 07.01.2003
What's the connection between mental illness and cornea color? 06.01.2003
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Why does this young woman's head pound when she puts on her shoes? 01.01.2003
A remarkable NIH study says you're just as likely to become an alcoholic from a bad childhood as from bad genes 07.01.2002
Can programmable implants help epileptics detect the onset of seizures? 05.01.2002
Uncovering a rare but age-old disease of pain and madness 04.01.2002
Year In Science 01.13.2002
Year In Science 01.13.2002
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New research shows that the biological clock ticks for men too 10.01.2001
"I think you have to accept that there's a structural change in your brain when you take drugs like Prozac." 07.01.2001
Forget about the technical problems. What we really have to worry about is what seven astronauts will do to one another after being locked up in a tiny capsule for nine months 05.01.2001
Headache, fever, and vomiting-a simple viral infection, right? 05.01.2001
Sigmund Freud may have been right after all— dreams are an open door to your unconscious mind. 04.01.2001
New research indicates that teenagers who drink too much may lose as much as 10 percent of their brainpower— the difference between passing and failing in school . . . and in life 03.01.2001
Can custom-made video games help kids with attention deficit disorder? 03.01.2001
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A wonderful vacation puts newlyweds in a tailspin 09.01.2000
The patient's stitches were in place, but her wound would be slow to heal 07.01.2000
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The biggest headache for headache researchers has always been: Where does the pain come from? The answer might seem obvious, but it's nothing less than a revolutionary discovery 03.01.2000
Why was my patient suddenly falling apart after decades of healthy living? 02.01.2000
A maverick mathematician thinks he's found schizophrenia's hiding place. 01.01.2000
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Now that we've finally figured out where our biological clocks are located, can we learn to control them? 07.01.1999
Now that we've finally figured out where our biological clocks are located, can we learn to control them? 07.01.1999
What did Mr. Leonard's back have to do with his eyesight? 06.01.1999
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War, rape, sexual abuse, and other severe trauma--even a car accident--could make part of your brain disappear 03.01.1999
Andrea's accident had imprisoned her mind in a lifeless body. But how was anyone to know? 05.01.1998
Suddenly, at 52, Mr. Carter changed. Now he cared only for art and scorned the world he knew 01.01.1998
MY HEART I GOT FROM DADDY 01.01.1998
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In 1949 lobotomy was hailed as a medical miracle. But images of zombielike patients and surgeons with ice picks soon put an end to the practice. Now, however, the practitioners have refined their tools. 10.01.1997
Borna virus used to be an obscure veterinary problem in Saxony. But it's obscure no more. A couple of German virologists believe the bug may be sending people, in large numbers, to the psychiatric ward. 10.01.1997
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Great artists are more likely to suffer from manic depression than the rest of us. So claims the latest in a long line of explanations that link mental illness with genius. 10.01.1996
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A neuroscientist racks his brains to find where one person ends and another begins. 11.01.1995
In theory, brain cells that have been killed by Parkinson's disease can be replaced with cells from the brains of aborted fetuses. Now that the necessary politics and the technology are in place, neurosurgeons are about to find out if that theory is correct. 07.01.1995
A Penn State researcher has scored big with his maps of the human head's magnetic fields. These 3-D computer models could eliminate a vexing black hole at the center of some MRI scans. 06.01.1995
How can just the smoke make a veteran relive all the horrors of combat in hallucinatory detail? The answer lies in the Amygdala, a tiny brain structure in which nerve pathways shackle innocent stimuli to memories of unbearable terror. 06.01.1995
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To get to the bottom of schizophrenia, two scientific rivals are seeking help from some unusual twins--twins who are identical in all respects but one. 09.01.1992
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