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
Are Bigger Brains Better? A search in Bird Brains We humans have always been fascinated about our own great mystery: The brain. For years we have researched human brains and today we seek to understand the animal brain to try uncover the structures and mechanisms behind our intelligence. Tim Zonjee • January 22, 2019
Social BEEhaviour: how bumblebees overpower Pavlov Humans are not the only animals to succumb to peer-pressure: even bumblebees show conformist behaviour, which may cause them to perform sub-optimally. What does this mean for the ongoing discussion on learning mechanisms? Enya Berrevoets • January 08, 2019 • 1 comment
Why you should plan your outfits the night before In the light of two studies on different aspects of decision making, you might make better outfit decisions if you start the night before and give yourself time to consider their attributes. Leanne Kuiper • December 18, 2018
Responsible Cognitive Enhancement Why do we need a <i>responsible</i> cognitive enhancement? Lorenza Colzato • December 04, 2018
Just take a breather! - The role of respiration in meditation Why is meditation healthy? Why do you feel so relaxed after that bout of hatha yoga at the university sport center? Was it all that stretching? Your heightened awareness during the body scan? It might just be that you were breathing slowly at the time! Roderik Gerritsen and Guido Band • November 20, 2018
