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
Instant Karma! Better attentional control through meditation John Lennon was so impressed by the impact of meditation on his mental experience that he wrote his famous song “Instant Karma”. Was he right? Lorenza Colzato • October 13, 2015
Probiotics vs Prebiotics vs Synbiotics What is actually the difference between probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics? Lorenza Colzato • April 07, 2015 • 4 comments
The “future reality” of the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind What if light could be used to control cells to make us erase bad memories? This is not a utopia but a reality, at least in rats! Lorenza Colzato • January 27, 2015
How loving cats makes people better in “action control” Cats are often infected with Toxoplasma gondii, and transfer this to humans. How can this parasite help us to be better in controlling our actions? Lorenza Colzato and Laura Steenbergen • December 16, 2014
LIBC Public symposium 'Human Potential - Optimize yourself, Train your brain' At Friday the 26th of September, the public symposium 'Human Potential' took place. Here, researchers presented different methods that can improve and optimize our mental and physical health and well-being. Lorenza Colzato • November 04, 2014
Meditation makes you more creative! Certain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking even if you are not a practitioner. Hence, it is not the amount of practice, but the state that mediation puts you in that makes you more creative. Lorenza Colzato • October 28, 2014
Can genetics predict what we can learn from playing video games? The interest in the influence of video game experience on our daily life is constantly growing. What is the role of individual differences? Can genetic predisposition make us more prone to learn from playing video games? Lorenza Colzato • September 16, 2014 • 1 comment
“Meow meow”? Dangerous “bath salts” for fun “Meow meow”, "drone”, “bubbles”, "M-Cat” are cute names for a new class of designer drugs: Mephedrone. How dangerous are they? Lorenza Colzato • May 26, 2014