The Paleo Diet: an evolution-based approach to nurture the brain and body The paleo diet is an evolution-based approach to nutrition that is increasing in popularity due to its health benefits. Edward Spruit • June 10, 2014
Life, love, ... and robots Robots are becoming more and more human-like. Physically, robots have been produced that are almost indistinguishable from humans. Will we ever be able to fall in love with a robot, and if so, how long will that take? Roy de Kleijn • June 03, 2014
Bilingual education: How two is better than one Bilinguals outperform monolinguals in a variety of ways. But what does this mean for people who are still in the process of becoming a bilingual, such as high school students who follow bilingual education? Laura Steenbergen • June 02, 2014 • 3 comments
“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
Brain scars Bernet Elzinga, professor Stress-related Psychopathology at Leiden University, studies how trauma effects brain function and behaviour. Bernet Elzinga • May 26, 2014
Eating to stop A famous statement of the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach is "Der Mensch ist, was er iβt" (you are what you eat), but is it really true that the food we eat modulates the way we think and perceive the world? Lorenza Colzato • February 11, 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
Active bodies think more deeply Active bodies think more deeply. This is the outcome of a study by cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colzato and her fellow researchers at Leiden University, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Lorenza Colzato • December 02, 2013
Don't go to sleep! Feeling down? Perhaps experiencing some winter blues? Sleep deprivation might be the answer. Neuroscientists at Tufts University have revealed an interesting mechanism behind this puzzling solution, by investigating the role of astrocytes. Claudia Pama • November 11, 2013
