The seduction of cognitive enhancement: how “far” can we go?

Cognitive enhancement is the use of drugs and any other means aimed at enhancing performance in healthy individuals. How “far” can we go to enhance ourselves? Should there be any “limits” to what we could achieve?

Lorenza Colzato • September 20, 2016 • 24 comments

Neuroethics: how “far” can brain stimulation help sport?

As a potential enhancement in athletes, brain stimulation raises similar ethical discussions of pharmacological interventions. Is it a “legal” substitute for doping?

Lorenza Colzato • February 09, 2016 • 11 comments

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 • May 25, 2015

Changing bodies changes if you are “in” or “out”-(group)

How “fixed” and “immutable” is racial bias?

Roberta Sellaro • April 21, 2015

Probiotics vs Prebiotics vs Synbiotics

What is actually the difference between probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics?

Lorenza Colzato • April 07, 2015 • 4 comments

“Your pain is my pain”: how empathy works

Is it really true that “your pain is my pain”? Yes, people feel others’ pain. But how does empathy work in the brain?

Roberta Sellaro • March 03, 2015

LIBC Public symposium 'Human Potential - Optimize yourself, Train your brain'

At Friday the 26th of September, the public symposium 'Human Potential' took place. Here, researchers presented different methods that can improve and optimize our mental and physical health and well-being.

Lorenza Colzato • November 04, 2014

Hotspot Human Potential

People aim at optimizing their health and well-being, for example by changing the way how to manage their lifestyle, and they try to maximize their current mental and physical health.

Claudia Pama • September 23, 2014

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