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Can genetics predict what we can learn from playing video games?

The interest in the influence of video game experience on our daily life is constantly growing. What is the role of individual differences? Can genetic predisposition make us more prone to learn from playing video games?

Lorenza Colzato • 16-09-2014

Human Potential

Is exerting mental effort always good for performance?

One would think that more information and more mental effort should lead to faster and better performance. However, a recent finding shows that people can in fact overthink their highly automatic skills by exerting mental effort.

Bruno Bocanegra • 09-09-2014

Junior · Social

Sunshine is needed for social behaviour!

The incidence of autism has rapidly increased by 600% in the last decades while we still don’t know the fundamental cause of it. Genetics certainly play a role but apart from this there is also something in the environment...sunshine!

Monica Wong • 02-09-2014

Human Potential

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 • 19-08-2014

Pharma · Human Potential

Khat, a “natural” amphetamine?

Khat consumption has become a worldwide phenomenon broadening from Eastern Africa and the south west of the Arabian Peninsula to ethnic communities in the rest of the world. Why people are using khat? Is it self-medication?

Roberta Sellaro • 05-08-2014

Pharma

The next big(ger) thing: Metamodulation

Neuromodulation has been a field of great interest, providing valuable insights into the effects of substances on the activity of neurons. However, it appears that neuromodulators are not insensitive to modulation themselves, leading to metamodulation.

Nastasia Griffioen • 15-07-2014

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Can genetics predict what we can learn from playing video games?

Is exerting mental effort always good for performance?

Sunshine is needed for social behaviour!

Eating and running your way to the right decision

Khat, a “natural” amphetamine?

The next big(ger) thing: Metamodulation