Learning a new skill while staying at home

With a global pandemic forcing us to spend most of our free time at home these days, many of us may have started learning a new skill or have been working on fine- tuning an existing one.

Marit Ruitenberg and Ayesha Hamilton • May 27, 2020

When the mind’s eye is blind: why do some people lack mental imagery?

While most of us can experience mental imagery, some people cannot vividly imagine pictures in their mind - and they function just fine. This raises the question: what do we even need mental imagery for? And how problematic is a lack of mental imagery?

Ilse van de Groep • April 14, 2020

How to set prejudice aside when watching a debate

The last few weeks have seen the long-anticipated debates between the Democrats’ presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Republican Donald Trump. The debates were very fierce and both candidates availed of every opportunity to make personal attacks.

Gert-Jan Lelieveld • October 19, 2016

Finding your way in virtual reality

There are tremendous differences in how well people can navigate: some people just always get lost. This is also a serious problem in brain-damaged patients. Yet there are no tools to diagnose or treat navigation problems. Virtual reality is the solution!

Ineke van der Ham • June 29, 2015

Leave your laptop at home!

In this digital age of iPad schools, Facebook communities and trending topics, students more and more use their laptops to take notes during lectures. Recent research has shown that this has a bad influence on their knowledge acquisition.

Fieke Harinck • April 16, 2014

Refueling your mental engine, cheap and easy!

Ever feel like your brain is running out of fuel? Our study shows that eating the right food can give you back that edge needed to keep up your great performance. In fact, food is found to be an efficient and easy way to enhance your cognition!

Bryant Jongkees • December 16, 2013

The compensatory effects of food

The economic crisis has resulted in many budget cuts in health care and general care programs. The population as a whole is aging, and yet we desire to stay independent as long as possible. How can we retain the cognitive abilities supporting independence?

Laura Steenbergen • June 10, 2013

The pregnant brain: good or bad?

Are pregnancy hormones detrimental to cognitive capacities, or do they make the brain resilient to stress and increase memory performance?

Jiska Peper • February 25, 2013

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