Scientific American Mind Contents: Volume 26 Number 1, pp 1 - 80

TABLE OF CONTENTS March 2015 Volume 26, Issue 2 From the Editor Letters Head Lines Illusions Perspectives Consciousness Redux Features Facts & Fictions In Mental Health Reviews and Recommendations Ask the Brains Head Games 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!   Advertisement FROM THE EDITOR Top Music, Midlife and Magic   p1 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-1 LETTERS Top Letters   pp4 - 5 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-4 HEAD LINES Top The Perils of Conformity   pp7 - 9 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-7 Harsher Punishments for the Obese   p8 Matthew Hutson doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-8a Biased Punishment   p8 Victoria Stern doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-8b Misdirected Vengeance Can Still Feel Just   p9 Adam Hadhazy doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-9a Conformity Starts Young   p9 Bret Stetka doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-9b Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Have Altered Stress Hormones   p10 Tori Rodriguez doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-10a Parent's Struggle, Child's Risk   p10 Victoria Stern doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-10b The Distractible Aging Mind   p12 Esther Landhuis doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-12a So Happy I Could Cry   p12 Melinda Wenner Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-12b How to Be a Better Spouse    p13 Sunny Sea Gold doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-13 Psychosomatic Asthma Attacks   p14 Tori Rodriguez doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-14a From Mind to Matter   p14 Victoria Stern doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-14b Gossip Boosts Self-Reflection   p14 David Levine doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-14c Quit Smoking in Your Sleep   p16 Stephani Sutherland doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-16a Cash for Quitting   p16 Cara Tabachnick doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-16b A Pill to Treat Addiction?   p17 Roni Jacobson doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-17a Tomorrow's Treatments   p17 Roni Jacobson doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-17b The Pain of Pursuing Beauty   p18 Tori Rodriguez doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-18a I Think I Can, I Think I Can...   p18 Victoria Stern doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-18b Helpless No More   p18 Jenni Laidman doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-18c Thought-Controlled Genes   p19 Simon Makin doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-19 ILLUSIONS Top Warped Perceptions   pp23 - 25 Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-23 PERSPECTIVES Top Asking Advice Makes a Good Impression   pp26 - 27 Alison Wood Brooks and Francesca Gino doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-26 CONSCIOUSNESS REDUX Top Two Natural Philosophers, Centuries Apart, Converse about the Mind   pp28 - 31 Christof Koch doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-28 FEATURES Top The Healing Power of Music   pp32 - 41 William Forde Thompson and Gottfried Schlaug doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-32 Everyone Can Gain from Making Music   pp40 - 41 Julia Calderone doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-40 Standing Up to Ebola   pp43 - 53 Molly Knight Raskin doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-43 All Together Now   pp54 - 57 Gareth Cook doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-54 Debunking Midlife Myths   pp58 - 61 Hanna Drimalla doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-58 Played by a Parasite   pp62 - 67 Gustavo Arrizabalaga and Bill Sullivan doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-62 How Toxoplasma Conquered the Animal Kingdom   p66 Gustavo Arrizabalaga and Bill Sullivan doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-66 First Aid for Mental Health   pp68 - 72 Aliyah Baruchin doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-68 FACTS & FICTIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH Top A Reader's Guide to Baloney Detection   pp74 - 75 Scott O. Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-74 REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Top Head vs. Heart   p76 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-76a Waiting Game   p76 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-76b Weight Loss for Nondummies   pp76 - 77 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-76c Concussion Coach   p77 Karen Schrock Simring doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-77a On Our Shelf   p77 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-77b ASK THE BRAINS Top Is it possible to get so inebriated that you don't remember your actions?   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-78a Can people's personality change for the better after a stroke? If so, why?   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-78b HEAD GAMES Top Head Games   p79 doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-79 MIND IN PICTURES Top The Memory Machine   p80 Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0315-80 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