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
Improved learning without extra effort? The popularity of online lectures increases daily but is it as effective as we think? Students easily lose track when there is no interaction. Frequent testing of students has shown to improve retention of information. Mattanja Pauw • October 27, 2015 • 3 comments
Commercial brain stimulation device impairs working memory Is brain stimulation without professional supervision really harmless? What can the scientific community do about sweeping claims from the brain training industry? Laura Steenbergen • October 20, 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
„You move me” - one small step for a man, one giant leap for social interaction. Step by step we move closer. But how much more than words do movements tell us about each others’ thoughts and feelings? Christopher Bienek • October 06, 2015 • 1 comment
Better food – better prisoners? How enhanced nutrition influences behavior. By enhancing the diet of prisoners, a more sociable behavior may be implemented. Kim Nolte • September 29, 2015
How to not be anthropomorphized If I anthropomorphize an avatar after a simple chat, how far does this anthropomorphism stretch? And, how can you avoid being victimized by my anthropomophisation-beam, if at all? Saskia Heijnen • September 22, 2015
Flexibility and persistence: a trade-off fit for robots How can we be both flexible and persistent? And how can robots help us understand this? Vera Mekern • September 15, 2015 • 2 comments
Neurotransmitters as food supplements: GABA You can buy neurotransmitters such as GABA online in the form of food supplements, but how do these products work (if at all)? Evert Boonstra • September 08, 2015
