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SA Mind Vol 33 Issue 3

Mind

May 2022

Volume 33, Issue 3

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Features

The Pandemic Generation
Mental Health

The Pandemic Generation

Child development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behavior

By Nature magazine and Melinda Wenner Moyer
The Personality Trait 'Intolerance of Uncertainty' Causes Anguish during COVID
Psychology

The Personality Trait 'Intolerance of Uncertainty' Causes Anguish during COVID

High levels of it have put people at risk of emotional problems 

By Gary Stix and Francine Russo
Can Lab-Grown Brains Become Conscious?
Cognition

Can Lab-Grown Brains Become Conscious?

A handful of experiments are raising questions about whether clumps of cells and disembodied brains could be sentient and how scientists would know if they were

By Sara Reardon and Nature magazine

Departments

From the Editor
Carrying On in Difficult Times
Illusions
The Phantom Queen
Opinion
The Devastating Loss of Grandparents among One Million COVID Dead
COVID Threatens to Bring a Wave of Hikikomori to America
News
Lego Robot with an Organic 'Brain' Learns to Navigate a Maze
Artificial Neuron Snaps a Venus Flytrap Shut
Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing
Aha! Moments Pop Up from below the Level of Conscious Awareness
Mind Matters
Most of Us Combine Personality Traits from Different Genders
Cowboy Culture Doesn't Have a Monopoly on Innovation
Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help
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