The Slate on Brains

i-b43b21d0b35b9d571c076aecf272d3e6-chalkboard-drawing.jpgIt looks like Slate, over the next few days, is going to have a series of articles on some yummy looking neuroscience!
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Welcome to "Brains!", Slate's special issue on mind science and the state of neuro-culture. Over the next few days, we'll present a series of articles about how laboratory research on the brain makes its way into our daily lives.
Wednesday, William Saletan revisits the most compelling brain-related stories of the year, from mind-reading fMRI scans to the effects of brain damage on morality. Max Linsky heads to the local brain gym for a neurobic work out--and ends up in a battle of wits with a woman 50 years his senior. Meghan O'Rourke sits down and assesses the growing trend toward neurological self-improvement, and Brendan I. Koerner explains how Jerry Falwell and a Nobel prize-winning chemist helped make ginko biloba the top-selling brain-enhancing supplement. Finally, we ask a panel of eminent scientists--like Steven Pinker and Oliver Sacks--to explain how learning about the brain has changed the way they behave from day to day.

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Many people assume human brains vary genetically and genetic variation maps to races. But the races are not real and genetic variation can't explain brain differences. Because, dear reader, brains don't work that way. Let's look just at the brain part of this problem.
Many people assume human brains vary genetically and genetic variation maps to races. But the races are not real and genetic variation can't explain brain differences. Because, dear reader, brains don't work that way. Let's look just at the brain part of this problem.
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