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Depression's Upside

The New York Times Magazine, February 2010

Creativity and Youth

Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2010

The Neuroscience of Screw-Ups

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Why We Travel

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The Smartest Mutant

Nature, October 12, 2009

The Buddy System

Wired, October 2009

The Autistic Surfer

Outside, September 2009

The Truth About Grit

Boston Globe, August 2, 2009

You Are Here

The New York Times, July 19, 2009

The Science of Self-Control

The New Yorker, May 18, 2009

What is it like to be a baby?

Boston Globe, April 26, 2009

Magic and the Brain

Wired, May 2009

Financial Bubbles and Slot Machines

London Times, April 2009

Mapping the Brain

Wired, April 2009

Making Connections

Nature, January 29, 2009

The Deliberate Calm of Pilots

Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2009

The Art Instinct

Washington Post, January 10, 2009

The Urban Brain

Boston Globe, January 2, 2009

The Next Decider

Boston Globe, October 5, 2008

Daydream Achiever

Boston Globe, August 31, 2008

Aging Gracefully

Washington Post, August 17, 2008

Picturing Our Thoughts

Boston Globe, August 17, 2008

A New State of Mind

Seed, August 2008

The Eureka Hunt

The New Yorker, July 28, 2008

The Science of Prozac

Boston Globe, July 6, 2008

What's That Name

Boston Globe, June 1, 2008

No Place Like Home

Boston Globe, May 25, 2008

Grape Expectations

Boston Globe, February 24, 2008

Out of the Blue

Seed, February 2008

The Future of Science...Is Art?

Seed, January 2008