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dobbspic I write on science, medicine, nature, culture and other matters for the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, National Geographic, Scientific American Mind, and other publications. (Find clips here.) Right now I'm writing my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which explores the hypothesis that the genetic roots some of our worst problems and traits — depresison, hyperaggression, violence, antisocial behavior — can also give rise to resilience, cooperation, empathy, and contentment. The book expands on my December 2009 Atlantic article exploring these ideas. I've also written three books, including Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral, which traces the strangest but most forgotten controversy in Darwin's career — an elemental dispute running some 75 years.

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May 26, 2006

My article on Mirror Neurons

Category: Brains and minds

My Scientific American Mind article on mirror neurons is out, and includes some amusing and apt photographs and art. Mirror...

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May 25, 2006

Mirror Neurons

My Scientific American Mind article on mirror neurons is out, and includes some amusing and apt photographs and art.

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May 3, 2006

It appears we perceive more than we perceive

'Wow Factor': Humans Perceive More Than They Think They Do: From the "Interesting If True" Department: Faces tell the stories...

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