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Bryant Jongkees, MSc. is PhD student in Cognitive Psychology at the institute of Psychology at Leiden University

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What color vision tells you about your brain and multitasking potential

Some of you are better than others at distinguishing between colors. What can this tell you about your brain state and multitasking performance?

Bryant Jongkees • October 10, 2017 • 2 comments

Your eyes are windows to your dopamine-driven brain

The average person blinks 15 times per minute, far more often than is necessary to protect the eyes. Why is that? The answer might reveal more about your brain!

Bryant Jongkees • October 18, 2016

People are different: the effect of tyrosine on cognition may depend on your genes

The food supplement tyrosine can improve your mental performance in an easy and safe way, particularly in challenging situations. How much you improve depends on, amongst other things, your genes.

Bryant Jongkees • October 21, 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 • 3 comments