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
How loving cats makes people better in “action control” Cats are often infected with Toxoplasma gondii, and transfer this to humans. How can this parasite help us to be better in controlling our actions? Lorenza Colzato and Laura Steenbergen • December 16, 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
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
