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Human Potential

The power of kitten pictures: Positive pictures make task switching easier

If you do multiple things at a time, you’re probably less effective than people who do them one by one. But kitten pictures might be of help! Researchers recently found that looking at positive pictures makes task switching easier and more effective.

Stephanie Esajas • 01-05-2018

Social

What do we want our robot companions to look like?

Robots are becoming more integrated in our lives therefore, how they look is of great importance. Why do certain robots make us feel so uneasy?

Sterre van Putten • 14-06-2016

Social · Stress and Emotion

Truly a (Wo)man’s Best Friend – Emotion Recognition in Animals

It is no secret that pet owners are convinced that their pets recognise and act on their owners’ emotions. Often we're right... but not always.

Leone Verweij • 31-05-2016

Pharma · Social · Stress and Emotion

Love might be a great chimera but, if you face your romantic love with realism, you got it!

Love is like oxygen; a many-splendored thing, but yet, it can be a Chimera. What does it take to enjoy true love? If you manage to face your romantic love with realism, you are lead to real love and there ain’t no Chimeras.

Klodiana-Daphne Tona • 16-02-2016

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The power of kitten pictures: Positive pictures make task switching easier

What do we want our robot companions to look like?

Truly a (Wo)man’s Best Friend – Emotion Recognition in Animals

Love might be a great chimera but, if you face your romantic love with realism, you got it!