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

Does taking Ritalin make you smarter?

Could Ritalin be the new smart pill? Under college students the notion that taking Ritalin leads to better exam results is popular! Read this blog to find out whether this is true and if Ritalin actually increases learning and thus academic performance.

Fréderique Arntz • October 24, 2017 • 2 comments

Vitamin B supplementation against dementia and cognitive decline

Vitamin B12, B6 and folic acid are said to be preventive for dementia. But would you secretly feed your grandpa with vitamin supplements to save him from dementia – if he doesn’t want to take it?

Sidney Wach • April 04, 2017

Brain for breakfast

Glucose is known as a type of sugar which functions for the brain as fuel. You can deliver glucose with a rich breakfast. But how can eating breakfast possibly help us to boost our brain?

Lisa Marie Kraushaar • February 28, 2017

Always look (or be!) on the bright side of life

The sun is associated with creating life and dispersing the gloom of night– Is it possible that sunshine can chase away the darkness of dementia, too?

Torben Ruhr • February 14, 2017

Bodybuilders are not the smartest thinkers, or maybe ...?

Bodybuilders are not especially well-known for their wisdom or intelligence, but can there be side effects of nutritional supplements that even benefit the brain, making athletes more intelligent?

Maja Loos • January 31, 2017

Recruiting and testing participants: not a lousy job

Consider this blog a letter to anyone (students, supervisors) who is captured by the idea that data collection is a disrespectful job that can be done by anyone. Let me remind you why recruitment and testing of participants is anything but ignoble.

Laura Steenbergen • January 17, 2017

What really gives us wings (and who is more likely to fly high)

Energy drinks become more and more popular amongst consumers and are advertised to improve mental and physical performance. Is that true – for anyone of us? Aren’t there any better alternatives to improve ourselves?

Gina Wolters • December 06, 2016 • 1 comment

Brains? Consider the gut!

Hippocrates once said “All disease begins in the gut”. Recent studies suggest even disorders seen as psychological or neurological may actually be related to your gut. Here’s why we should pay more attention to the link between the gut and the brain.

Laura Steenbergen • November 15, 2016 • 1 comment

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