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Pharma · Human Potential

Do you want to improve your brain? Become a hipster.

We know that food influences our health and cognitive functioning. But what is surprising, is that the compound with the worst reputation, fat, might actually be able to improve your cognitive functions!

Batsheva Mannheim • 11-08-2015

Pharma · Human Potential

Calming your brain improves prioritizing!

Slightly enhancing people’s levels of GABA, often called the ‘natural calming agent of the brain’, may improve performance in cascading and prioritizing actions.

Laura Steenbergen • 04-08-2015

Human Potential

Smells like memory

Sleep is essential for saving new memories. Scientists found a natural way to enhance declarative memory consolidation during sleep using odor cues. But how is it working?

Daniel Hauber • 28-07-2015

Human Potential

Increasing memory and attention – as easy as chewing a gum?

Is chewing gum a neglected way of cognitive enhancement, or just a bad habit?

Laura Bädorf • 13-07-2015

Pharma · Human Potential

Spice up your cognition with curcumin

Being able to stay focused and having a strong memory is what mostly all students wish for. So, is there a way to fulfill that wish easily with just a few tweaks to our culinary habits?

Iliana Samara • 23-06-2015

Human Potential · Social

Facing the facts: The cognitive dissonance behind smoking

You won’t find a smoker that thinks smoking is a healthy habit. Still many people continue to smoke. What is going on here?

Marije Stolte • 16-06-2015

Human Potential · Stress and Emotion

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 • 02-06-2015

Human Potential

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 • 25-05-2015

Human Potential · Social

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 • 19-05-2015

Blogs

Do you want to improve your brain? Become a hipster.

Calming your brain improves prioritizing!

Smells like memory

Increasing memory and attention – as easy as chewing a gum?

Spice up your cognition with curcumin

Facing the facts: The cognitive dissonance behind smoking

Can a mouse use a joystick?

A sound mind in a sound body across the life span

Optimize adaptive behavior through meditation!