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

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 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

The compensatory effects of food

The economic crisis has resulted in many budget cuts in health care and general care programs. The population as a whole is aging, and yet we desire to stay independent as long as possible. How can we retain the cognitive abilities supporting independence?

Laura Steenbergen • June 10, 2013

Are we what we eat?

'Der Mensch ist, was er iβt' (you are what you eat) is a famous quotation from the German philosopher Feuerbach, suggesting that the food one eats has a bearing on one's state of mind. Can food function as cognitive enhancer?

Lorenza Colzato • February 04, 2013 • 8 comments

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