"The Orgasmic Mind": Achieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals - and the silencing of your brain.
"A Face in the Crowd": Is our ability to recognize faces hardwired in the brain - or the result of lots of practice?
"Buried Prejudice": Deep within our subconscious, we all harbor biases that we consciously disapprove of - but we act on them.
"Imagined Ugliness": Some people are convinced they are hideously deformed because of obscure or nonexistent flaws.
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"Some interesting stuff..."
although the title article was not exactly what one expects when buying the magazine. (It is about overcoming stereotying, not general thinking for success.)