Maya is studying for a test, but she is having a hard time. “Did someone say trouble with memory? I, Memory Man can help! What is the problem?”

Using cannabis is fairly ‘normal’ in the Netherlands and some other countries, but how does overuse affect our brain and behaviour? A marijuana-tobacco joint. Image by Monotoom (own work)

When trying to speak a foreign language, your native language can influence your pronunciation, but did you know it can also make you hear things that aren’t there?

Nowadays almost everybody owns a smartphone and we spend a lot of time on them. How does this affect our happiness? Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, CC0, Flickr A

Sometimes I sɘe words that aren’t even there! That is how a good friend of mine descrideb her dyslɘxia to me. To her, raeding is a complete nightmare.

Illness makes you feel miserable and lie in bed all day. What is the reason for this and what happens in your brain when you are sick? Illness