Human Potential 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 • 20-09-2016
Human Potential 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 • 09-02-2016
Human Potential 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 • 25-05-2015
Human Potential · Social Changing bodies changes if you are “in” or “out”-(group) How “fixed” and “immutable” is racial bias? Roberta Sellaro • 21-04-2015
Human Potential Probiotics vs Prebiotics vs Synbiotics What is actually the difference between probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics? Lorenza Colzato • 07-04-2015
Human Potential · Social · Stress and Emotion “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 • 03-03-2015
Human Potential 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 • 04-11-2014
Human Potential 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 • 23-09-2014
