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SA Mind Vol 32 Issue 6

Mind

November 2021

Volume 32, Issue 6

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Features

Why Sports Concussions Are Worse For Women
Exercise

Why Sports Concussions Are Worse For Women

As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury

By Nature magazine and Katharine Sanderson
Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness
Psychology

Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness

In some situations, don’t pay so much attention

By Gareth Cook, David Z. Hambrick, and Alexander P. Burgoyne

Departments

Illusions
The Twisted Paths of Perception
From the Editor
A Wandering Mind
Opinion
Alzheimer's, Inc.: When a Hypothesis Becomes Too Big to Fail
Adolescent Mental Health? There's a 'Vaccine' for That
A New Idea That Could Help Us Understand Autism
To Solve the Environmental Crisis, We Must Foster the Power to Imagine
How Music Can Literally Heal the Heart
News
High-Profile Autism Genetics Project Paused Amid Backlash
A New Way to Understand--and Possibly Treat--OCD
Advances
Misophonia Might Not Be about Hating Sounds After All
Navigating a Virtual World Helped Older Adults' Memory
Making Eye Contact Signals a New Turn in a Conversation
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