Scientific American Mind Contents: Volume 26 Number 5, pp 1 - 76

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TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2015 Volume 26, Issue 6 From the Editor Letters Head Lines Illusions Perspectives Consciousness Redux Features Reviews and Recommendations Head Games Ask the Brains Mind in Pictures Recommend to your library Web feed Available online only Advertisement Scientific American Recommend to your library for online access Scientific American provides you with an overview of the latest in science and technology. Covering everything from medical research and hypertension to global climate change and evolution, Scientific American offers researchers, students, educators an online scientific resource they can rely on. Recommend site license access to your library today!   From the Editor Top A World of What-ifs   p1 Claudia Wallis doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-1 Letters Top Letters   pp4 - 5 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-4 Head Lines Top The Universal Meaning of Consonants   p8 Anne Pycha doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-8 Why Screams Are So Startling   p9 Bret Stetka doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-9a How to Rhyme Like a Rapper   p9 Anne Pycha doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-9b The Promise of Alzheimer's Drugs Revived   pp10 - 11 Kristin Ozelli doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-10 How the Brain Purges Bad Memories   p11 Bret Stetka doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-11 Neuron Transplants May One Day Restore Vision   p12 Jessica Schmerler doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-12 How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm?   p13 Harriet Brown doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-13 Missing Link Found between the Brain and Immune System   p14 Bret Stetka doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-14a New Experiences Boost Old Memories   p14 Emilie Reas doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-14b How to Be a Better Gift Giver   p15 Sunny Sea Gold doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-15 The Schizophrenia Spectrum   pp16 - 17 Simon Makin doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-16 Sex: Seniors Find Answers Online   p17 Melinda Wenner Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-17 Illusions Top Victorian Theatrics   pp18 - 20 Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-18 Perspectives Top The Positive Side of Peer Pressure   pp22 - 23 Annie Murphy Paul doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-22 Consciousness Redux Top Do Androids Dream?   pp24 - 27 Christof Koch doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-24 Features Top Why We Imagine   pp28 - 35 Felipe de Brigard doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-28 Sound Surgery   pp36 - 43 Stephen J. Monteith, Ryder Gwinn and David W. Newell doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-36 When Cops Lose Control   pp44 - 51 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-44 Camden, N.J.   pp49 - 50 Cara Tabachnick doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-49 The Brainbow Connection   pp52 - 55 Diana Kwon and Liz Tormes doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-52 What Really Causes Autism   pp56 - 63 Simon Makin doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-56 The Positivity Effect   pp64 - 69 Marta Zaraska doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-64 Reviews and Recommendations Top Book Review: Upside   p70 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-70a Book Review: The Brain Electric   p70 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-70b Book Review: Anxious   p71 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-71a Roundup: The Spiral of Shame   p71 Victoria Stern doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-71b Head Games Top Head Games   p71 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-74 Ask the Brains Top Why do people discard scientific rigor in favor of someone's opinion?   p72 Peter Gutmann doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-72a What happens to the brain when we experience cognitive dissonance?   p72 Thea Buckley doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-72b Mind in Pictures Top The Blue Pill   p76 Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind1115-76 Top Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. Find the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia on natureevents.com. For event advertising opportunities across the Nature Publishing Group portfolio please contact natureevents@nature.com More Nature Events

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