Foreword
Carl Zimmer
Articles
1. Building for the Shattered Mind: Partnering Brain Science and Architecture
Kayt Sukel and Russell Epstein, Ph.D.
2. Remembering the Past to Imagine the Future
Karl K. Szpunar and Kathleen B. McDermott, Ph.D.
3. Prying into Prions: Challenges, Gloom, and Hope for Treating Deadly Diseases
Scott P. Edwards
4. Protecting the Brain from a Glutamate Storm
Vivian Teichberg, Ph.D., and Luba Vikhanski
5. Cerebral Malaria, a Wily Foe
Kayt Sukel
6. Risks and Rewards of Biologics for the Brain
E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., Philip Vitticore, M.D., and Hamilton Moses III, M.D.
7. "Cosmetic Neurology" and the Problem of Pain
Anjan Chatterjee, M.D.
8. When Music Stops Making Sense: Lessons from an Injured Brain
Petr Janata, Ph.D.
9. Seeking Free Will in Our Brains: A Debate
Mark Hallett, M.D., and Paul R. McHugh, M.D.
10. Stress and Immunity: From Starving Cavemen to Stressed-out Scientists
Fabienne Mackay, Ph.D.
11. Harnessing the Brain's Power to Adapt after Injury
Michael E. Selzer, M.D., Ph.D.
12. "Go" and "Nogo": Learning and the Basal Ganglia
Michael J. Frank, Ph.D.
13. Fading Minds and Hanging Chads: Alzheimer's Disease and the Right to Vote
David A. Drachman, M.D.
Book Reviews
14. The Human Experience of Time
Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life in Time
by Sarah Norgate
Reviewed by Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.
15. Can Our Minds Change Our Brains?
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley
Reviewed by Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D.
16. Seeking Insights into the Human Mind in Art and Science
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer
Reviewed by Steven Rose, Ph.D.
Endnotes
Index