Is it me or is it you? The role of oxytocin in distinguishing ourselves from others. When experiencing empathy, do we actually make a distinction between ourselves and others? A study on oxytocin provides insight on this matter. Batsheva Mannheim • June 09, 2015
Can a mouse use a joystick? Researchers in New Zealand designed a paradigm in which a mouse used a joystick to get reward. Surprisingly, mice were just as good as humans. How can this give insight in psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Emine Gurbuz • June 02, 2015
A sound mind in a sound body across the life span We all know it is important to stay fit. More particularly, aerobics exercising (exercising the heart) is important to improve physical and mental health. But why? Laura Steenbergen • May 25, 2015
Optimize adaptive behavior through meditation! Stuck in a rut? When feeling that your thinking has become rigid, what should you do for promoting a more flexible thinking? Meditate! Iliana Samara • May 19, 2015
Do you see what you do? The distinction between action and perception is not as sharp as you might think, which does not bode well for explanatory power of mirror neurons. Evert Boonstra • May 12, 2015
Reducing prejudice through brain stimulation People show less prejudice after receiving low intensity electrical stimulation administered to the frontal part of the brain. Roberta Sellaro and Lorenza Colzato from the LIBC published their findings in Brain Stimulation. Roberta Sellaro • May 04, 2015
The beneficial effects of Tai Chi Anyone visiting the Far East might see them, slowly and elegantly moving, on the grass or between the trees, most of them elderly: people practicing Tai Chi Chuan. Roderik Gerritsen • April 28, 2015
Changing bodies changes if you are “in” or “out”-(group) How “fixed” and “immutable” is racial bias? Roberta Sellaro • April 21, 2015
Less focused on recurrent bad feelings through probiotics People are focusing less on bad feelings and experiences from the past (i.e. rumination) after four weeks of probiotics administration. Watch our video now! Laura Steenbergen • April 14, 2015
