If you’re feeling jittery about where the country is going, there’s good news on the personal front.  The link between physical exercise and mental acuity is real. (“Ask the Brains,” Scientific American Mind, Sept/October 2016, pg.72.)  As we already know, the brain requires

A couple of studies have shown that creativity is a key ingredient to a long, happy and mentally agile life. One reason may be that in the act of creating, the brain draws on a variety of networks and, in doing so, builds new neural connections. Studies also show that creative people

I decided to shake up my world a little by letting one of my women’s magazine subscriptions lapse. I wanted to subscribe to something different. Instead of More I signed up for Scientific American Mind. I haven’t regretted my decision. The information the May/June edition was inte