Lorenza Colzato

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Dr. Lorenza Colzato is Principal investigator in Neuromodulation of Cognition at Institute of Psychology, Leiden University

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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 • 11-02-2014

Human Potential

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 • 02-12-2013

Human Potential · Social

Eating to trust

The administration of the amino acid tryptophan (TRP), contained in food such as fish, soy, eggs, and spinach, promotes interpersonal trust. This is the outcome of a study that we published in Psychological Science.

Lorenza Colzato • 21-10-2013

Human Potential

Gaming: bad or good for your memory?

Couldn't be gaming a fast, easy way to improve your memory?

Lorenza Colzato • 15-04-2013

Human Potential

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 • 04-02-2013