Why you’re not able to tickle yourself
If someone else tickles you, it feels much more intense than when you try to tickle yourself. This is because your brain is already predicting what your own tickles will feel like.
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Gardening against stress
Gardening is not just cheaper than therapy, it also gives you tomatoes…
How gender-neutral is language?
Research shows that with supposedly neutral terms we still automatically think of men.
Your second language doesn’t mind some champagne
It appears that drinking a glass of champagne does not impair your pronunciation in a second language, and sometimes even improves it.
The science of science communication
From flatulence to river: experts and laymen don’t always agree about the meaning of words.
Two tips to not be fooled by misleading graphs!
You regularly come across graphs on television, in the newspaper and on the internet. Unfortunately,
Not all questions seek answers
All kinds of well-known Dutch people have been in the news recently who “wanted to
Speaking of the nose: the unexpected role of sniffing during conversations
Imagine having a casual conversation and your conversation partner suddenly sniffs… No need to run