Are teenagers really missing part of their brain?

Sabine Peters has investigated how the development of cognitive and affective brain regions relates to learning and risk-taking behavior. Brain regions for cognitive control can be recruited by children and adolescents.

Sabine Peters • January 19, 2016

In love with a robot?

Getting intimate with a robot… it may perhaps seem a bit of a weird idea. Why would anybody want to?

Roy de Kleijn • November 24, 2015

Shy? What about your family?

Being shy is a familiar experience for many people. And most people are nervous when they have to speak in a group. But what if serious anxiety gets the better of you in social situations?

Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam • October 27, 2015

Why we are doomed when handwriting disappears

A recent study shows that computer use in schools is negatively correlated with academic performance. I say it’s time to start emphasizing handwriting in schools again.

Stephen B.R.E. Brown • October 20, 2015

Using brain scans to peer into the social world of adolescence

Peers serve an important function in social, emotional and cognitive development. The peer world provides unique and important opportunities for fundamental socialization experiences ranging from the very sweet to the extremely bitter. Video blog.

Geert-Jan Will • June 04, 2015

Twins: similar and unique?

'Who are the Ultimate Twins?' With this slogan a Dutch TV programme set out to find the twins who were most similar in looks, personality, and behavior. One pair had defeated 229 pairs, leaving viewers wondering about how they can be so similar yet unique.

Mara van der Meulen • May 21, 2015

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