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Volume 20, Number 5, September/October 2009MIND
COVER STORY
26 >> The Social Cure
Membership in lots of groups—at
home, work, the gym—makes us
healthier and more resilient.
Here’s how—and why.
BY JOLANDA JETTEN, CATHERINE
HASLAM, S. ALEXANDER HASLAM
AND NYLA R. BE
FEATURES
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MIND ON PAIN—A SPECIAL SECTION 58 Why Don’t Babies
Talk Like Adults?
34 >> Kids go from goo-goo to garrulous
When Pain Lingers one step at a time.
Researchers are revealing the biological BY JOSHUA HARTSHORNE
basis of persistent, pathological pain—and
providing clues to better treatments.
BY FRANK PORRECA AND THEODORE PRICE
42 >> The Psychology of Pain
Our expectations, mood and perspective on
pain powerfully influence how much
something actually hurts—and the
decisions we make every day.
BY HOWARD L. FIELDS
>> >>
50 >> I Do Not Feel Your Pain 62 A New Vision for
Researchers are unraveling why some Teaching Science
people are more sensitive to pain than Recent studies from neuroscience and
others. Their efforts could lead to more psychology suggest ways to improve
accurate diagnoses, better pain prevention science education in the .
and safer, more powerful painkillers. BY J. RANDY MCGINNIS AND
BY INGRID WICKELGREN DEBORAH ROBERTS-HARRIS
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4 >> From the Editor 22 >> Illusions
Insights into the nuances of depth perception.
6 >> Letters BY VILAYANUR S. RAMACHANDRAN AND
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