Music makes the world go round

Musical training is becoming increasingly popular as a topic for scientific research. Is musical training a promising cognitive enhancer?

Lorenza Colzato • February 02, 2016

Video games make you better at multitasking?!

Video games are bad and make you aggressive - is the idea some people might have. However, as it turns out, video game players are actually better in multitasking, and are just as impulsive as non video game players!

Laura Steenbergen • January 05, 2016

Running makes you smart, period.

Several mechanisms make sure the right substances in your brain are released when you are running, synergizing to improve for instance memory performance. But how does this work?

Saskia Heijnen • December 22, 2015

Beat your way to better concentration

Some people swear listening to music while studying or working helps them focus better; others say music just serves as a distraction. What if there were a special type of music that would increase everyone’s productivity? Enter binaural beats.

Hayley Barone • December 15, 2015

One session of focused attention meditation alters cognitive control

Our recent meditation study shows that only a single session of focused attention meditation can reveal a cognitive state in which currently irrelevant information is suppressed more.

Pauline van der Wel • December 08, 2015

The fountain of Youth: Videogames!

Our brain’s cognitive capacity deteriorates from the onset of 20 years of age. But no fear, this decline can be countered. The cure possibly lies within an unexpected field: videogames.

Vera Williams • December 01, 2015

Eating your way out to longevity and well-being

Within twenty years Europe will face a situation where the largest population cohort will be those over the age of 65. Can food supplementations slow down, and (partially) compensate for the negative consequences associated with getting older?

Lorenza Colzato • November 17, 2015

Straight A’s without paying attention in class: could it be possible?

Recent research gives us new insights in the importance and possibilities of unconscious processing and helps us answer the burning question whether one could benefit from a class he or she didn’t attend to.

Géraldine Lafeber • November 09, 2015 • 1 comment

Let go of the pain - Cognitive Disengagement through Mindfulness

Can a meditation technique like mindfulness be the key to a non-pharmacological treatment for pain? Recent research suggests it can but there might be a flipside to these findings.

Lavinia Przyborowski • November 03, 2015 • 1 comment

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