Pretty Little Lies - Blessings in Disguise?

We all lie. But what possible purpose could it have to lie to yourself? Do we need to deceive ourselves before we can deceive others, or is the truth sometimes simply too much to handle?

Maie Zörner • October 18, 2021

Dancing brains

It's hard not to start tapping with your foot when the right song comes on. It seems like our brains are actually hardwired to convert music into movement. Even people with Parkinson’s disease walk better to music. Keep reading if you want to know how.

Neil Schön • May 21, 2019

ASMR: A Sensory Refuge in the Modern Jungle

ASMR. Millions of people around the world use it every day for relief from symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and everyday stress. What exactly it is remains elusive, but it may prove to be a potent therapeutic tool.

Sara Turner • May 07, 2019

Why the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure is probably right

In the Netherlands not only the issue of using your phone while driving a car is raised but also of doing this while cycling. The Minister of Infrastructure wants to ban phone use while cycling. Read here why we are not as good at multitasking as we think.

Daniëlle Bos • April 23, 2019

Should you bring your friends to a date?

Whoever watched <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> is familiar with Barney Stinson’s ideas about women. One of his many theories is the cheerleader effect. Presumably, girls look more attractive in a group than individually. But is this true? Read and find out.

Sophie Post • April 09, 2019

It’s all in the eyes: How transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) promotes sociability

“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal” - Samuel Richardson. We often hear phrases like these, but do the eyes really “say it all?”

Romina Hossein • March 19, 2019 • 1 comment

Smelling the sweat of Johnny English in Scheveningen: the integration of odour in audio-visual media

The novel 4DX experience in Pathé Scheveningen offers the integration of a third sense next to sight and hearing in films: smell. What is the influence of olfactory stimuli on the way we experience audio-visual media?

Larissa Lobbezoo • March 05, 2019

Gone with the flow

How time perception decreases during the flow state

Myke Halkema • February 19, 2019

Big decision ahead? The power of the unconscious mind

Our unconscious processing capacity is larger than our conscious one, providing an advantage in weighting of alternatives when trying to make a decision. Does overnight sleep also provide an advantage in decision-making as common sense suggests?

Maischa von Reth • February 05, 2019

libcblog

Einstein taught us that time is relative, but is our sense of time relative too?