Brains? Consider the gut!

Hippocrates once said “All disease begins in the gut”. Recent studies suggest even disorders seen as psychological or neurological may actually be related to your gut. Here’s why we should pay more attention to the link between the gut and the brain.

Laura Steenbergen • November 15, 2016 • 1 comment

Food for switching

Doing multiple things at the same time is difficult, even if you have a little more time to switch between two tasks - as some conflict arises. We recently discovered that in this case, tyrosine helps you overcome this conflict and switch faster.

Laura Steenbergen • February 10, 2015 • 1 comment

More charity through food

The amount of money you donate to charity, may be influenced by the food that you eat.

Laura Steenbergen • January 06, 2015

The Good Of Chocolate Cognition

“Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate” stated comedian Jo Brand. The popularity of chocolate is undeniable but what effect does the consumption of chocolate have on our cognition?

Jorinde Gerrmann • November 25, 2014 • 2 comments

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

Getting creative through food

We tend to think that ‘being creative’ is completely beyond our control, maybe even an inborn talent – you either are or aren’t a creative person. New research indicates that eating the right kinds of food can enhance our creative abilities.

Annelies de Haan • September 30, 2014 • 2 comments

Eating and running your way to the right decision

Do you ever wonder why sometimes a decision seems straightforward, but at other times takes hours of deliberation? Some simple lifestyle choices might help you solve your everyday dilemmas!

Frank Hezemans • August 19, 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

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