September-
October
2019
Volume 30 • No. 5WHAT’S
INSIDE
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15.
Authenticity under Fire
Researchers are calling into question authenticity
as a scientifically viable concept
18.
What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh
Psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers
are trying to understand humor
23.
Are People with ADHD More Creative?
A look at whether people whose minds drift away
easily, such as those with the disorder, are more
likely to come up with original ideas
25.
Does Psychology Have
a Conflict-of-Interest Problem?
Some star psychologists don’t disclose in
research papers the large sums they earn for
talking about their work. Is that a concern?
31.
Toward a New Frontier in Human Intelligence:
The Person-Centered Approach
New research is shedding light on how intelligence
changes and develops over timeOPINION
35.
A Solution
for Loneliness
Get out and volunteer,
research suggests
37.
Socrates’ Critique
of 21st-Century
Neuroscience
The ancient thinker
saw limits to what
natural science can tell
us about ourselves
40.
You’ve Heard
of Postpartum
Depression
but Probably
Not Postpartum
Anxiety
More accurately known
as perinatal anxiety,
and like most people,
I had no idea it existed
until it struck meILLUSIONS
44.
Help, I’m Stuck
in a Painting!
When the real world
looks like FlatlandGETTY IMAGES
NEWS
4.
Our Brain Uses
a Not So Instant
Replay to Make
Decisions
Neural-processing
centers repeat recent
sequences of events
to lay down new
memories used for
abstract thought
6.
“Missing” Wallets
with More Cash
Are More Likely
to Be Returned
A massive global
study with 17,
planted wallets found
similar patterns among
most of the 40
countries involved8.
Decoding the
Language of Neurons
A new study reveals
surprising variations
in the neural code
10.
Creative Types Reserve
a Special Corner of the
Brain for Dreaming Big
Artists, novelists,
actors and directors
excel at tapping into
“imagination” circuits
11.
Better Memory through
Electrical Brain Ripples
A study in mice
shows improved
cognitive performance
when these bursting
signals move around
memory circuitsMAX MUNN AUTREYGETTY IMAGES